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2016-09-13
      18:30

Royal Ontario Museum: Mission to Bennu

Artist’s conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at Bennu Credit NASA/GSFC

Meet the Canadians behind NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return mission!

Join the Canadian Space Agency and the Royal Ontario Museum for an evening with the scientists and engineers behind OSIRIS-REx as they return to Canada just days after the mission’s launch. Learn more about their quest to study the asteroid Bennu, and how Canada is involved. Moderated by Discovery Channel's Ziya Tong.

Speakers
Dr. Mike Daly, York University
Imran Aslam, MDA
Dr. Tim Haltigin, Canadian Space Agency

Panelists
Dr. Ed Cloutis, University of Winnipeg
Jim Freemantle, York University
Dr. Rebecca Ghent,  University of Toronto
Dr. Kim Tait, Royal Ontario Museum   

Moderator: Ziya Tong, Co-host of Discovery Channel's Daily Planet  

Doors Open: 6:30pm
Lecture: 7:00 - 8:00pm
Reception to follow lecture

Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: $15-$20
Tickets: Online
Organized by: The Royal Ontario Museum and the Canadian Space Agency
Location: Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre, Level 1B, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6

https://www.rom.on.ca/en/whats-on/mission-to-bennu-meet-the-canadians-behind-nasas-osiris-rex-sample-return-mission

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