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January 08, 2016

Student-Built Experiment Integrated onto NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 08, 2016
A student-built experiment aboard NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has been integrated onto the spacecraft. The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) will determine elemental abundances on the surface of asteroid Bennu, complementing the mineral and chemical mapping capabilities provided by two other instruments on the spacecraft. "The students worked incredibly hard to get to this point," said Mike Donnel ... read more

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