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Planetary Environments Laboratory
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OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS)

In addition to providing project management for the OSIRIS-REx mission, Goddard Space Flight Center will build one of the spacecraft's principal instruments, the Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS).

Launch Date

August 2016

Class

Instrument

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In addition to providing project management for the OSIRIS-REx mission, Goddard Space Flight Center will build one of the spacecraft's principal instruments, the Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS).

Related Publications

2024. "Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS-REx.", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.14227] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Boulder Diversity in the Nightingale Region of Asteroid (101955) Bennu and Predictions for Physical Properties of the OSIRIS‐REx Sample.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128 (12): [10.1029/2023je008019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Phyllosilicate decomposition on Bennu due to prolonged surface exposure.", Icarus, 115809 [10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115809] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu.", Science, 377 285-291 [10.1126/science.abm1018] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Cross-Instrument Comparison of MapCam and OVIRS on OSIRIS-REx.", Space Science Reviews, 218 (2): 5 [10.1007/s11214-022-00873-8] [Journal Article/Letter]