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Memorabilia cup from the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Return Mission

Memorabilia cup from the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Return Mission

A view of quercus pedunculata and pine trees in the foreground and Table Mountain in the background.

A view of quercus pedunculata and pine trees in the foreground and Table Mountain in the background.

A view of quercus pedunculata in the foreground with pine trees behind those and Table Mountain in the background.

A view of quercus pedunculata in the foreground and Table Mountain in the background.

Arrived Cape Town 3:30 P.M. On the 13th land was in sight all day - a high mountainous coast - Table Mountain visible also. Most of the day marked by large Nereocystis in the sea. Gulls, occ[asional] albatross and many diving birds. Snow shows up on…

T. Brown, Ed. Heller, Shantz at Meru. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

Photographic image of a patch, pin and sticker featuring art created for the OSIRIS-REx mission. This image is referred to as "fan art" and was designed by a family friend of the mission PI.

Photographic image of a sticker featuring art created for the System Integration Review phase of the OSIRIS-REx mission.

A photograph of both ends of the sweet pumpkin.

A photograph of a sweet pumpkin that is prized locally. It is cut in half and has a green color.

Sweet potatoes - detail of leaves. The corn cut and stacked - manihot an omnipresent crop, and sweet potatoes are important elements of the agriculture. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

Sweet potatoes, several types of leaves, with a dhow. The Tanganyika and a large [boat] in the harbor. We went off on the Tanganyika. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

A photograph of sweet potatoes planted in the hills, which is typical in this area.

A photograph of beds of sweet potato with manihot and corn in the back. Further behind this is a ditch and trees.

Sweet potatoes - uniform broad leaf type here. Belazi or bezumbu in Kirundi. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]