OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx is a NASA-led mission to return a sample from asteroid Bennu
Canada contributed OLA, a 3D laser scanner to measure the shape of Bennu
My job was to run the OLA program and to coordinate the Canadian science
Our team made the most detailed 3D map in the history of space exploration
Our map helped pick the site where we collected the sample
We've picked up enough material to do generations worth of science
Key Publications
Daly MG et al. 2020. Hemispherical differences in the shape and topography of asteroid (101955) Bennu. Science Advances 6(41), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd3649 (link)
Daly MG et al. 2017. The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) investigation and instrument. Space Science Reviews 212, doi: 10.1007/s11214-017-0375-3 (link)