English

edit
 
The successful October 2020 sample collection, showing OSIRIS-REx touching down on the Nightingale sample site

Etymology

edit

From OSIRIS +‎ REx.

Proper noun

edit

OSIRIS-REx

  1. (astronomy, NASA) Initialism of Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission)
edit

Further reading

edit