Prasanna Deshapriya

Currently, I’m getting involved with the Hayabusa2 space mission to the asteroid Ryugu and OSIRIS-REx space mission to the asteroid Bennu, both of which are on-going. Both of these missions have important scientific implications, as they will be bringing samples from these primitive bodies back to the Earth for detailed analyses. Learning more about these small bodies is crucial to understand the formation of the solar system, as well as to develop means to mitigate any asteroid impact threats.