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Hi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a SpaceQ podcast special. On Friday, August 24th NASA hosted a media teleconference on the OSIRIS-REx mission which will return an asteroid sample to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is now preparing to conduct approach maneuvers as it heads for a December 3rd rendezvous with asteroid Bennu.Canada is participating in the mission by providing the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter or OLA as its called. The OLA instrument will create a critical 3-D map of asteroid Bennu’s shape as well as assisting with spacecraft navigation.Listen in as NASA provides and update and answers journalist questions. The slides and video for this event are linked from out story on SpaceQ. For more information on Canada’s participation, I would direct to you Episode 23 of the SpaceQ podcast where I interviewed Mike Daly from York University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.