Lucy Lim Explains OSIRIS-REx, an Asteroid Sample Return, with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Subject: Astronomy
Content of the Lesson: Today, @NASA launches its most ambitious sample return mission since Apollo, OSIRIS-Rex, where they’ll collect an asteroid sample (after landing on it!) and bring it back to Earth. How will they collect the sample? Will it knock the asteroid off its course? Is there a risk for radiation exposure to affect the sample? What does OSIRIS-REx even mean? Lucy Lim, an Assistant Project Scientist on OSIRIS-REx and Research Scientist at @NASA Goddard's Solar System Exploration Division in Maryland, answers all of these questions and more in this week’s Explainer with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/startalkradio?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalkradio/ About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson


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