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(Credit: NASA<\/span>)<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t<\/figcaption> \n\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled mrgn-bttm-lg\"> <\/p>\n<li>Start:<\/strong> <time>2024<\/time> (follow-on to the OSIRIS-REx<\/span> mission)<\/li>\n <\/p>\n<li>Mission duration:<\/strong> 5\u00a0years<\/li>\n <\/p>\n<li>Mission status:<\/strong> Active<\/li>\n \n<\/ul>\n \n <\/p>\nOn <time datetime=\"2023-09-24\">September\u00a024, 2023<\/time>, after a 7-year-long journey through space, the OSIRIS-REx<\/span> capsule landed with its precious sample of asteroid Bennu. Canada contributed the scanning lidar OLA<\/span> to the mission, which provided unprecedented information on the asteroid’s shape and surface features and helped select the best site for sample selection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nReinvented as OSIRIS-APEX<\/span>, the spacecraft will continue to explore the cosmos as part of a new mission to study asteroid Apophis.<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n<section> <\/p>\n<h2>OSIRIS-APEX<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\nThe OSIRIS-APEX<\/span> mission is designed to observe the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close approach to Earth in <time>2029<\/time>, bringing it within 32,000\u00a0kilometres of Earth’s surface (about 1\/10th of the distance to the Moon).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nOSIRIS-APEX<\/span> will perform a manoeuvre in which it will:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<ul> <\/p>\n<li>get within 5\u00a0metres of the asteroid’s surface; and<\/li>\n <\/p>\n<li>fire its thrusters downward, stirring up surface rocks and dust to give scientists a better understanding of the composition of the asteroid.<\/li>\n \n <\/ul>\n \n <\/p>\n<section> <\/p>\n<h3>Mission objectives<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n<ul> <\/p>\n<li>Study changes to asteroid Apophis’s surface, orbit and rotation resulting from Earth’s gravitational pull <\/li>\n <\/p>\n<li>Analyze how objects such as Apophis (a “stony” asteroid) can change over time as they interact with Earth’s gravity during multiple encounters<\/li>\n <\/p>\n<li>Map Apophis’s surface and analyze its chemical composition<\/li>\n <\/p>\n<li>Collect data on Apophis to help better understand potentially hazardous asteroids (those whose orbits come within 7.4\u00a0million kilometres of Earth)<\/li>\n \n <\/ul>\n \n <\/section>\n <\/p>\n<section> <\/p>\n<h3>Canada’s role<\/h3>\n <\/p>\nThe Canadian instrument OLA (OSIRIS Laser Altimeter) played a crucial role in the success of OSIRIS-REx<\/span>, generating around 3\u00a0billion individual measurements. 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