Extended-mission OSIRIS-APEX

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with NASA’s Universe of Learning partners: Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Video imagery:

• Animation of OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
• Orbital animation of OSIRIS-REx: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
• Animation of Apophis and OSIRIS-APEX: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
• Orbital animation of OSIRIS-APEX: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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Text, NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSE. 

 

In an animation, a craft soars over Earth. 

 

Text, EXTENDED-MISSION OSIRIS-APEX. JANUARY 4, 2024. 

 

NASA's OSIRIS-REX mission has been renamed and assigned a new goal, after successfully delivering a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth. 

 

A rendering shows the circular paths of Earth, OSIRIS-APEX, and Apophis. OSIRIS and Apophis cross paths. 

 

Text, The new mission, OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Apophis Explorer), will visit the asteroid Apophis in 2029. 

 

Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth in April 2029, a rare opportunity to study how it is affected by Earth's gravity. 

 

The animated craft approaches the asteroid surface, throwing up debris. 

 

Text, Scientists estimate that Apophis-size asteroids-- about 367 yards across (340 meters)-- come this close to Earth only once every 7,500 years. 

 

In the rendering of their paths, Earth, OSIRIS, and Apophis all come very close together. 

 

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