Lockheed Martin Applies Digital Twin Technology on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission

When doing something that's never been done before, you need to use the best emerging technologies to ensure success. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has the unique challenge of collecting a regolith sample from asteroid Bennu and returning that sample to Earth. Lockheed Martin continues to use a number of planning tools to address all the variables and unknowns of conducting mission operations in an unique micro-gravity environment.

Hear how the team used a digital twin visualization – or virtual replica of the “as-built” spacecraft and data from the environment – as a way to practice critical maneuvers and gain valuable situational awareness in preparation for collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu.