Stereophotoclinometry for OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Navigation by Coralie D. Adam, Leilah K. McCarthy, Jason M. Leonard, Robert Gaskell, Peter G. Antreasian, Andrew J. Liounis, Kenneth Getzandanner, Michael C. Moreau, Eric E. Palmer, John Weirich, Olivier S. Barnouin, Jeroen L. Geeraert, Eric M. Sahr, Benjamin Ashman, Derek S. Nelson, John Y. Pelgrift, Erik J. Lessac-Chenen, Daniel Wibben, Bobby G. Williams, Michael G. Daly, Dante S. Lauretta

“…We outline the concept of operations for OSIRIS-REx landmark navigation and the wide array of testing and verification efforts leading up to OSIRIS-REx’s arrival at Bennu. …”
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PASCALE Spectral Data for OSIRIS-REx by Bowles, N, Donaldson Hanna, K

“…Data created as part of spectral library and blind test programme in support of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu…”

Stereophotoclinometry on the OSIRIS-REx Mission: Mathematics and Methods by R. W. Gaskell, O. S. Barnouin, M. G. Daly, E. E. Palmer, J. R. Weirich, C. M. Ernst, R. T. Daly, D. S. Lauretta

“…This paper describes the mathematical foundation of SPC, with examples from the OSIRIS-REx mission.…”
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OSIRIS-APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid Apophis by Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Michael C. Nolan, Anjani T. Polit, Michael C. Moreau, Dathon R. Golish, Amy A. Simon, Coralie D. Adam, Peter G. Antreasian, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Olivier S. Barnouin, Kris J. Becker, Carina A. Bennett, Richard P. Binzel, Brent J. Bos, Richard Burns, Nayessda Castro, Steven R. Chesley, Philip R. Christensen, M. Katherine Crombie, Michael G. Daly, R. Terik Daly, Heather L. Enos, Davide Farnocchia, Sandra Freund Kasper, Rose Garcia, Kenneth M. Getzandanner, Scott D. Guzewich, Christopher W. Haberle, Timothy Haltigin, Victoria E. Hamilton, Karl Harshman, Noble Hatten, Kyle M. Hughes, Erica R. Jawin, Hannah H. Kaplan, Dante S. Lauretta, Jason M. Leonard, Andrew H. Levine, Andrew J. Liounis, Christian W. May, Laura C. Mayorga, Lillian Nguyen, Lynnae C. Quick, Dennis C. Reuter, Edgard Rivera-Valentín, Bashar Rizk, Heather L. Roper, Andrew J. Ryan, Brian Sutter, Mathilde M. Westermann, Daniel R. Wibben, Bobby G. Williams, Kenneth Williams, C. W. V. Wolner

“…The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft mission characterized and collected a sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu. …”
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Assessing the Sampleability of Bennu’s Surface for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission by Walsh, Kevin J., Bierhaus, Edward B., Lauretta, Dante S., Nolan, Michael C., Ballouz, Ronald-Louis, Bennett, Carina A., Jawin, Erica R., Barnouin, Olivier S., Berry, Kevin, Burke, Keara N., Brodbeck, Bella, Burns, Rich, Clark, Benton C., Clark, Beth E., Cambioni, Saverio

“…Abstract NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, collected a sample from the surface of near-Earth asteroid Bennu in October 2020 and will deliver it to Earth in September 2023. …”
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Seismoacoustic measurements of the OSIRIS-REx re-entry with an off-grid Raspberry PiShake by Benjamin Fernando, Constantinos Charalambous, Christelle Saliby, Eleanor Sansom, Carene Larmat, David Buttsworth, Daniel Hicks, Roy Johnson, Kevin Lewis, Meaghan McCleary, Giuseppe Petricca, Nick Schmerr, Fabian Zander, Jennifer Inman

“…We report on the detection of seismic and acoustic signals from the OSIRIS-REx landing sequence, acquired near the point of peak capsule heating and recorded using a fully off-grid Raspberry PiShake sensor. …”
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Rocks with Extremely Low Thermal Inertia at the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site on Asteroid Bennu by Andrew J. Ryan, Benjamin Rozitis, Daniel Pino Munoz, Kris J. Becker, Joshua P. Emery, Michael C. Nolan, Marc Bernacki, Marco Delbo, Catherine M. Elder, Matthew Siegler, Erica R. Jawin, Dathon R. Golish, Kevin J. Walsh, Christopher W. Haberle, Carina A. Bennett, Kenneth L. Edmundson, Victoria E. Hamilton, Phillip R. Christensen, Michael G. Daly, Dante S. Lauretta

“…The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission recently returned a sample of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu. …”
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The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations

“…During its approach to asteroid (101955) Bennu, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft surveyed Bennu’s immediate environment, photometric properties, and rotation state. …”
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The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations by Chodas, Mark A., Lambert, Madeline M, Masterson, Rebecca A.

“…During its approach to asteroid (101955) Bennu, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft surveyed Bennu’s immediate environment, photometric properties, and rotation state. …”
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The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations by Hergenrother, CW, Maleszewski, CK, Nolan, MC, Li, J-Y, D'Aubigny, CY, Shelly, FC, Howell, ES, Kareta, TR, Izawa, MRM, Barucci, MA, Bierhaus, EB, Campins, H, Chesley, SR, Clark, BE, Christensen, EJ, Dellagiustina, DN, Fornasier, S, Golish, DR, Hartzell, CM, Rizk, B, Scheeres, DJ, Smith, PH, Zou, X-D, Lauretta, DS, Osiris-Rex Team

“…During its approach to asteroid (101955) Bennu, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft surveyed Bennu's immediate environment, photometric properties, and rotation state. …”

Sensitivity Testing of Stereophotoclinometry for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. I. The Accuracy and Errors of Digital Terrain Modeling by Eric E. Palmer, John R. Weirich, Robert W. Gaskell, Diane Lambert, Tanner Campbell, Kris Drozd, Olivier S. Barnouin, Michael G. Daly, Kenneth Getzandanner, John N. Kidd Jr., Coralie D. Adam, Dante S. Lauretta

“…Stereophotoclinometry (SPC) was the prime method of shape modeling for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu. Here we describe the extensive testing conducted before launch to certify SPC as NASA Class B flight software, which not only validated SPC for operational use but also quantified the accuracy of this technique. …”
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Post-flight Evaluation of Lidar-based Digital Terrain Models for OSIRIS-REx Navigation at Bennu by Jason M. Leonard, Jeroen L. Geeraert, Leilah K. McCarthy, Coralie D. Adam, Peter G. Antreasian, Olivier S. Barnouin, Michael G. Daly, Jeffrey A. Seabrook, Dante S. Lauretta

“…The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft spent more than 2 yr characterizing near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. …”
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Particle Size-Frequency Distributions of the OSIRIS-REx Candidate Sample Sites on Asteroid (101955) Bennu by Keara N. Burke, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Carina A. Bennett, Kevin J. Walsh, Maurizio Pajola, Edward B. Bierhaus, Michael C. Nolan, William V. Boynton, Juliette I. Brodbeck, Harold C. Connolly, Jasinghege Don Prasanna Deshapriya, Jason P. Dworkin, Catherine M. Elder, Dathon R. Golish, Rachael H. Hoover, Erica R. Jawin, Timothy J. McCoy, Patrick Michel, Jamie L. Molaro, Jennifer O. Nolau, Jacob Padilla, Bashar Rizk, Stuart J. Robbins, Eric M. Sahr, Peter H. Smith, Stephanie J. Stewart, Hannah C. M. Susorney, Heather L. Enos, Dante S. Lauretta

“…We evaluate the uncertainty in these measurements and discuss their implications for other remotely sensed and mapped particles, and their importance to OSIRIS-REx sampling operations.…”
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Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis by Dellagiustina, DN, Emery, JP, Golish, DR, Rozitis, B, Bennett, CA, Burke, KN, Ballouz, R-L, Becker, KJ, Christensen, PR, D'Aubigny, CYD, Hamilton, VE, Reuter, DC, Rizk, B, Simon, AA, Asphaug, E, Bandfield, JL, Barnouin, OS, Barucci, MA, Bierhaus, EB, Binzel, RP, Bottke, WF, Bowles, NE, Campins, H, Clark, BC, Clark, BE, Jr, CHC, Daly, MG, De Leon, J, Delbo', M, Deshapriya, JDP, Elder, CM, Fornasier, S, Hergenrother, CW, Howell, ES, Jawin, ER, Kaplan, HH, Kareta, TR, Le Corre, L, Li, J-Y, Licandro, J, Lim, LF, Michel, P, Molaro, J, Nolan, MC, Pajola, M, Popescu, M, Garcia, JL, Ryan, A, Schwartz, SR, Shultz, N, Siegler, MA, Smith, PH, Tatsumi, E, Thomas, CA, Walsh, KJ, Wolner, CWV, Zou, X-D, Lauretta, DS, Highsmith, DE, Small, J, Vokrouhlicky, D, Brown, E, Hanna, KLD, Warren, T, Brunet, C, Chicoine, RA, Desjardins, S, Gaudreau, D, Haltigin, T, Millington-Veloza, S, Rubi, A, Aponte, J, Gorius, N, Lunsford, A, Allen, B, Grindlay, J, Guevel, D, Hoak, D, Hong, J, Schrader, DL, Bayron, J, Golubov, O, Sanchez, P, Stromberg, J, Hirabayashi, M, Hartzell, CM, Oliver, S, Rascon, M, Harch, A, Joseph, J, Squyres, S, Richardson, D, McGraw, L, Ghent, R, Asad, MM, Johnson, CL, Philpott, L, Susorney, HCM, Cloutis, EA, Hanna, RD, Ciceri, F, Hildebrand, AR, Ibrahim, E-M, Breitenfeld, L, Glotch, T, Rogers, AD, Ferrone, S, Fernandez, Y, Chang, W, Cheuvront, A, Trang, D, Tachibana, S, Yurimoto, H, Brucato, JR, Poggiali, G, Dotto, E, Epifani, EM, Crombie, MK, Lantz, C, Izawa, MRM, Clemett, S, Thomas-Keprta, K, Van Wal, S, Yoshikawa, M, Bellerose, J, Bhaskaran, S, Boyles, C, Chesley, SR, Farnocchia, D, Harbison, A, Kennedy, B, Knight, A, Martinez-Vlasoff, N, Mastrodemos, N, McElrath, T, Owen, W, Park, R, Rush, B, Swanson, L, Takahashi, Y, Velez, D, Yetter, K, Thayer, C, Adam, C, Antreasian, P, Bauman, J, Bryan, C, Carcich, B, Corvin, M, Geeraert, J, Hoffman, J, Leonard, JM, Lessac-Chenen, E, Levine, A, McAdams, J, McCarthy, L, Nelson, D, Page, B, Pelgrift, J, Sahr, E, Stakkestad, K, Stanbridge, D, Wibben, D, Williams, B, Williams, K, Wolff, P, Hayne, P, Kubitschek, D, Fulchignoni, M, Hasselmann, P, Merlin, F, Praet, A, Billett, O, Boggs, A, Buck, B, Carlson-Kelly, S, Cerna, J, Chaffin, K, Church, E, Coltrin, M, Daly, J, Deguzman, A, Dubisher, R, Eckart, D, Ellis, D, Falkenstern, P, Fisher, A, Fisher, ME, Fleming, P, Fortney, K, Francis, S, Freund, S, Gonzales, S, Haas, P, Hasten, A, Hauf, D, Hilbert, A, Howell, D, Jaen, F, Jayakody, N, Jenkins, M, Johnson, K, Lefevre, M, Ma, H, Mario, C, Martin, K, May, C, McGee, M, Miller, B, Miller, C, Miller, G, Mirfakhrai, A, Muhle, E, Norman, C, Olds, R, Parish, C, Ryle, M, Schmitzer, M, Sherman, P, Skeen, M, Susak, M, Sutter, B, Tran, Q, Welch, C, Witherspoon, R, Wood, J, Zareski, J, Arvizu-Jakubicki, M, Audi, E, Bandrowski, R, Becker, TL, Bendall, S, Bloomenthal, H, Blum, D, Boynton, WV, Brodbeck, J, Chojnacki, M, Colpo, A, Contreras, J, Cutts, J, Dean, D, Diallo, B, Drinnon, D, Drozd, K, Enos, HL, Enos, R, Fellows, C, Ferro, T, Fisher, MR, Fitzgibbon, G, Fitzgibbon, M, Forelli, J, Forrester, T, Galinsky, I, Garcia, R, Gardner, A, Habib, N, Hamara, D, Hammond, D, Hanley, K, Harshman, K, Herzog, K, Hill, D, Hoekenga, C, Hooven, S, Huettner, E, Janakus, A, Jones, J, Kidd, J, Kingsbury, K, Balram-Knutson, SS, Koelbel, L, Kreiner, J, Lambert, D, Lewin, C, Lovelace, B, Loveridge, M, Lujan, M, Maleszewski, CK, Malhotra, R, Marchese, K, McDonough, E, Mogk, N, Morrison, V, Morton, E, Munoz, R, Nelson, J, Padilla, J, Pennington, R, Polit, A, Ramos, N, Reddy, V, Riehl, M, Roper, HL, Salazar, S, Selznick, S, Stewart, S, Sutton, S, Swindle, T, Tang, YH, Westermann, M, Worden, D, Zega, T, Zeszut, Z, Bjurstrom, A, Bloomquist, L, Dickinson, C, Keates, E, Liang, J, Nifo, V, Taylor, A, Teti, F, Caplinger, M, Bowles, H, Carter, S, Dickenshied, S, Doerres, D, Fisher, T, Hagee, W, Hill, J, Miner, M, Noss, D, Piacentine, N, Smith, M, Toland, A, Wren, P, Bernacki, M, Munoz, DP, Watanabe, S-I, Sandford, SA, Aqueche, A, Ashman, B, Barker, M, Bartels, A, Berry, K, Bos, B, Burns, R, Calloway, A, Carpenter, R, Castro, N, Cosentino, R, Donaldson, J, Dworkin, JP, Cook, JE, Emr, C, Everett, D, Fennell, D, Fleshman, K, Folta, D, Gallagher, D, Garvin, J, Getzandanner, K, Glavin, D, Hull, S, Hyde, K, Ido, H, Ingegneri, A, Jones, N, Kaotira, P, Liounis, A, Lorentson, C, Lorenz, D, Lyzhoft, J, Mazarico, EM, Mink, R, Moore, W, Moreau, M, Mullen, S, Nagy, J, Neumann, G, Nuth, J, Poland, D, Rhoads, L, Rieger, S, Rowlands, D, Sallitt, D, Scroggins, A, Shaw, G, Swenson, J, Vasudeva, P, Wasser, M, Zellar, R, Grossman, J, Johnston, G, Morris, M, Wendel, J, Burton, A, Keller, LP, McNamara, L, Messenger, S, Nakamura-Messenger, K, Nguyen, A, Righter, K, Queen, E, Bellamy, K, Dill, K, Gardner, S, Giuntini, M, Key, B, Kissell, J, Patterson, D, Vaughan, D, Wright, B, Gaskell, RW, Molaro, JL, Palmer, EE, Tricarico, P, Weirich, JR, Ireland, T, Tait, K, Bland, P, Anwar, S, Bojorquez-Murphy, N, Haberle, CW, Mehall, G, Rios, K, Franchi, I, Beddingfield, CB, Marshall, J, Brack, DN, French, AS, McMahon, JW, Scheeres, DJ, McCoy, TJ, Russell, S, Killgore, M, Chodas, M, Lambert, M, Masterson, RA, Freemantle, J, Seabrook, JA, Craft, K, Daly, RT, Ernst, C, Espiritu, RC, Holdridge, M, Jones, M, Nair, AH, Nguyen, L, Peachey, J, Perry, ME, Plescia, J, Roberts, JH, Steele, R, Turner, R, Backer, J, Edmundson, K, Mapel, J, Milazzo, M, Sides, S, Manzoni, C, May, B, Libourel, G, Thuillet, F, Marty, B, OSIRIS-REx Team

“…Using images and thermal data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft, we show that asteroid (101955) Bennu’s surface is globally rough, dense with boulders, and low in albedo. …”

Sensitivity Testing of Stereophotoclinometry for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. II. Effective Observation Geometry for Digital Terrain Modeling by Eric E. Palmer, John R. Weirich, Robert W. Gaskell, Diane Lambert, Tanner Campbell, Kris Drozd, Olivier S. Barnouin, Michael G. Daly, Kenneth Getzandanner, John N. Kidd Jr., Coralie D. Adam, Dante S. Lauretta

“…The OSIRIS-REx mission used stereophotoclinometry (SPC) to generate digital terrain models (DTMs) of its target asteroid, Bennu. …”
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Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) Aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission by Masterson, R. A, Chodas, M., Bayley, L., Allen, B., Hong, J., Biswas, P., McMenamin, C., Stout, K., Bokhour, E., Bralower, H., Carte, D., Chen, S., Jones, M., Kissel, S., Schmidt, F., Smith, M.

“…Abstract The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) is the student collaboration experiment proposed and built by an MIT-Harvard team, launched aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. REXIS complements the scientific investigations of other OSIRIS-REx instruments by determining the relative abundances of key elements present on the asteroid’s surface by measuring the X-ray fluorescence spectrum (stimulated by the natural solar X-ray flux) over the range of energies 0.5 to 7 keV. …”
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Spectral characterization of analog samples in anticipation of OSIRIS-REx's arrival at Bennu: A blind test study by Hanna, KL, Schrader, DL, Cloutis, EA, Cody, GD, King, AJ, McCoy, TJ, Applin, DM, Mann, JP, Bowles, NE, Brucato, JR, Connolly, HC, Dotto, E, Keller, LP, Lim, LF, Clark, BE, Hamilton, VE, Lantz, C, Lauretta, DS, Russell, SS, Schofield, PF

“…We present spectral measurements of a suite of mineral mixtures and meteorites that are possible analogs for asteroid (101955) Bennu, the target asteroid for NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission. The sample suite, which includes anhydrous and hydrated mineral mixtures and a suite of chondritic meteorites (CM, CI, CV, CR, and L5), was chosen to characterize the spectral effects due to varying amounts of aqueous alteration and minor amounts of organic material. …”

Calibration and Performance of the REgolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) Aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission to Bennu by Hong, Jaesub, Binzel, Richard P., Allen, Branden, Guevel, David, Grindlay, Jonathan, Hoak, Daniel, Masterson, Rebecca, Chodas, Mark, Lambert, Madeline, Thayer, Carolyn, Bokhour, Ed, Biswas, Pronoy, Mendenhall, Jeffrey A., Ryu, Kevin, Kelly, James, Warner, Keith, Lim, Lucy F.

“…Abstract The REgolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) instrument on board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu is a Class-D student collaboration experiment designed to detect fluoresced X-rays from the asteroid’s surface to measure elemental abundances. …”
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A Review of Infrasound and Seismic Observations of Sample Return Capsules since the End of the Apollo Era in Anticipation of the OSIRIS-REx Arrival by Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel C. Bowman, Sarah Albert

“…Furthermore, SRCs are capable of generating shockwaves upon reaching the lower transitional flow regime, and thus can be detected by strategically positioned geophysical instrumentation. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) SRC is one of only a handful of artificial objects to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere from interplanetary space since the end of the Apollo era and it will provide an unprecedented observational opportunity. …”
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Comparing thermal infrared spectral unmixing algorithms: applications to Bennu and other airless bodies by Brown, EC, Donaldson Hanna, KL, Bowles, NE, Hamilton, VE, Clark, BE, Rogers, AD, Lauretta, DS, OSIRIS-REx Team