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    #29: Solar System Sawdust: OSIRIS-REx & Asteroids

    September 13th, 2016 · 43 minutes

    OSIRIS-REx, NASA's asteroid sampling mission, recently launched. Live from the XOXO Festival, Jason and Stephen talk about the mission, its objectives and all about asteroids.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Jupiter’s North Pole Unlike Anything Encountered in Solar System | NASA
    Saturn's hexagon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    SpaceX - Static Fire Anomaly - AMOS-6 - 09-01-2016 (Synced Audio) - YouTube
    Philae found! / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA
    OSIRIS-REx | NASA
    Ceres | NASA