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Mission / Small bodies

OSIRIS-REx

NASA · 2016–now · also OSIRIS-APEX, TAGSAM

Sampled the asteroid Bennu with a touch-and-go manoeuvre and returned the sample in 2023; it continues as OSIRIS-APEX to Apophis.

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Papers: 16
Named in: 5 in title · 15 in abstract · 7 in keywords

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Top techniques

Learning-based Methods5
Perception & State Estimation5
Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking5
Guidance, Dynamics & Control3
Manipulation & Grasping2
Motion Planning & Navigation2

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AAS GN&C2
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics1
COSPAR1
IAC1
Icarus1
IEEE Access1

Also mentioned

Hayabusa & Hayabusa25
Mars Sample Return1
Perseverance (Mars 2020)1
Rosetta & Philae1

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5 papers naming OSIRIS-REx

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Bennunet—An Update on Applying Deep Learning for Minor Bodies Optical Navigation

Alfredo Escalante López, Pablo Ghiglino, Manuel Sanjurjo-RivoIEEE TAES 2025 3 citedJan 24, 2025

Space × AILearning-based Methods Guidance, Dynamics & Control OSIRIS-REx

Jan 24, 2025

Deep Monocular Hazard Detection for Safe Small Body Landing

Travis Driver, Kento Tomita, Koki Ho, Panagiotis TsiotrasAAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics 2023 1 citedJan 30, 2023

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods OSIRIS-REx

Jan 30, 2023

Study of the asteroid Bennu using geodesyANNs and Osiris-Rex data

Moritz von Looz, Pablo Gomez, Dario IzzoPreprint 2021 5 citedSep 29, 2021

Space × AILearning-based Methods OSIRIS-REx

Sep 29, 2021

CNN-based local features for navigation near an asteroid

Olli Knuuttila, Antti Kestilä, Esa KallioIEEE Access 2023 4 citedSep 20, 2023

Space × Robotics × AIIN-SPACE SERVICING Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods OSIRIS-REx Hayabusa & Hayabusa2

Sep 20, 2023

Bennunet - Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Autonomous Optical Relative Navigation of an Asteroid

Alfredo Escalante, Manuel Sanjurjo-Rivo, Pablo GhiglinoESA International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems and International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (GNC-ICATT) 2023Jul 31, 2023

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Hayabusa & Hayabusa2 OSIRIS-REx

Jul 31, 2023