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NASA's OSIRIS-APEX Survives Close Encounter with the Sun

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NASA's OSIRIS-APEX Survives Close Encounter with the Sun
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NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft successfully endured its closest pass to the Sun on January 2, 2024, thanks to innovative engineering that protected its sensitive components. The spacecraft, which is on a mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029, showed better-than-expected performance, with some instruments even improving after the high-temperature exposure. However, the mission team remains cautious as OSIRIS-APEX must complete several more close passes of the Sun and Earth gravity assists to reach its target.

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