Press Event
OSIRIS-Rex Prelanding media call
Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range Atlas V 411 | OSIRIS-REx
Prior to landing, the agency will host a media call to provide a status update
Participants include:
- Lori Glaze, Director Planetary Sciences Division,
- Rich Burns, project manager, NASA’s Goddard
- Sandra Freund,program manager, Lockheed Martin
- Nicole Lunning, curation lead
- Dante Lauretta, principal investigator
Updates
LL2 • Sept. 22, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
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