Moog Space Hardware to Travel on OSIRIS REx Asteroid Study and Sample Return Mission

A NASA New Frontier program, the spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin in partnership with Arizona State University.  Moog provided Lockheed Martin with latch valves and fill and drain valves for the hydrazine propulsion system.  In addition, Moog provided hybrid microcircuits to Lockheed Martin.  Moog also provided electronics to Arizona State University for integration on to the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer. 

For more information on the OSIRIS-REx mission, visit www.asteroidmission.org

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