To dig deeper into some of the missions referenced in today’s episode, please follow these links:

OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview

Mission Website

Photos of OSIRIS-REx

Video about OSIRIS-REx

Article – How This Invention Will Extract Secrets from an Asteroid

Article – How OSIRIS-REx is Returning an Asteroid Sample to Eartheed Martin

Credits:

Space Makers is a production of Lockheed Martin Space.

Episode guests were Dante Lauretta from the University of Arizona, and Beau Bierhaus and Sandy Freund from Lockheed Martin. And they are Space Makers.

It's executive produced by Pavan Desai.

Senior Producer is Lauren Cole.

Senior producer, writer, and host is Benjamin Dinsmore.

Associate producers and writers are Kaitlin Benz and Audrey Dods.

Sound designed and audio mastered by Julian Giraldo.

Graphic Design by Tim Roesch.

Marketing and recruiting by Joe Portnoy, Shannon Myers, and Stephanie Dixon.

These stories would not be possible without the support from our space communications professionals Tracy Weise, Natalya Oleksik, Gary Napier, Lauren Duda, and Dani Hauf.