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Let’s Talk Asteroids: Canadian Astronaut and a Senior Scientist Answer Your Questions

Marc Boucher December 26, 2018 Business, News, Science Leave a comment

Astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and CSA senior mission scientist Tim Haltigin answer your questions about asteroids. Credit: Canadian Space Agency.

Canada is participating in the NASA led OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu. In early December the spacecraft went into orbit around the asteroid. Why are we participating in this mission?

This and other questions are answered by astronaut Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and CSA senior mission scientist Tim Haltigin in this short video.

For more information on the OSIRIS-REx mission you can visit our archive of stories and podcasts as well as visiting the CSA website on this topic.

Tags Asteroid Bennu Asteroids Canadian Space Agency Jenni Sidey-Gibbons OSIRIS-REx Tim Haltigin

About Marc Boucher

Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor & publisher. He is the founder of SpaceQ Media Inc. and Executive Vice President, Content of SpaceNews. Boucher has 25+ years working in various roles in the space industry and a total of 30 years as a technology entrepreneur including creating Maple Square, Canada's first internet directory and search engine.