Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Thomas E. Zelibor, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.); left, Mike Moreau, Deputy Project Manager, Space Science Mission Operations, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen; Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REx Mission Operations Manager, Lockheed Martin Space; Pete Antreasian, OSIRIS-REx Navigation Team Chief, KinetX; University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta; Rich Burns, Project Manager, Space Science Mission Operations, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, right, pose for a photograph during the awarding of the 2022 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration given to the OSIRIS-REx team by the Space Foundation during the 37th Space Symposium, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration recognizes extraordinary accomplishments by a company, space agency, or consortium of organizations in the realm of space exploration and discovery. The award honors the memory of astronaut John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., one of the inspirations for the creation of Space Foundation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
OSIRIS-REx Team Given 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration
NASA OSIRIS-REx Deputy Project Manager Mike Moreau, center, answers questions from reporters during an OSIRIS-REx sample return press conference, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, shortly after the capsule landed at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
OSIRIS-REx Sample Return
NASA Office of Communications Senior Science Communications Officer Karen Fox introduces, from left to right, NASA Planetary Science Division Director Lori Glaze, University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, NASA OSIRIS-REx Deputy Project Manager Mike Moreau, Lockheed Martin Deep Space Exploration Chief Engineer Tim Priser, and NASA Chief Scientist Eileen Stansbery during an OSIRIS-REx sample return press conference, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, shortly after the capsule landed at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
OSIRIS-REx Sample Return