Uploaded August 2016 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
The REXIS instrument (REgolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer), developed by students at MIT and Harvard, will allow OSIRIS-REx to map the chemical elements present on asteroid Bennu's surface. Meanwhile, the students who built it have gained real-world experience producing spaceflight hardware. go.nasa.gov/2bl8s77
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/David Ladd
The REXIS instrument (REgolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer), developed by students at MIT and Harvard, will allow OSIRIS-REx to map the chemical elements present on asteroid Bennu's surface. Meanwhile, the students who built it have gained real-world experience producing spaceflight hardware. go.nasa.gov/2bl8s77
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/David Ladd
