OSIRIS-REx, returning the asteroid sample

Author

Ajluni, Thomas ; Everett, David ; Linn, Timothy ; Mink, Ronald ; Willcockson, William ; Wood, Joshua

Author_Institution

ASRC Fed. Space & Defense, Beltsville, MD, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

7-14 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

15

Abstract

This paper addresses the technical aspects of the sample return system for the upcoming Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) asteroid sample return mission. The overall mission design and current implementation are presented as an overview to establish a context for the technical description of the reentry and landing segment of the mission.

Keywords

asteroids; space vehicles; AD 2016 09; AD 2021 03 04; AD 2023 09 24; Asteroid Departure Maneuver; OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission; OSIRIS-REx mission; OSIRIS-REx spacecraft; SRC design; SRC operation concept; Sample Return Capsule; Utah Test and Training Range; asteroid sample; carbonaceous asteroid; main parachute descent system; mission landing segment; mission reentry segment; near-Earth asteroid Bennu; planet formation; primitive asteroid; spacecraft-based instruments; traditional drogue; trajectory correction maneuvers; Aerospace electronics; Earth; Navigation; Payloads; Propulsion; Space vehicles; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5379-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2015.7118988

Filename

7118988