How NASA Will Study the Asteroid Bennu Samples

Released Friday, September 22, 2023

ID: 14412

- Produced by:
- Dan Gallagher
- Scientific consulting by:
- Dante Lauretta
- and Jason Dworkin

Learn more about how NASA will curate and study samples of asteroid Bennu that were collected by OSIRIS-REx.

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OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to collect samples from an asteroid and deliver them to Earth. On September 24, 2023, the spacecraft will release a capsule containing material from near-Earth asteroid Bennu for a landing in Utah’s West Desert. OSIRIS-REx team members will recover the capsule and bring its contents to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where the Bennu samples will be curated and made available for scientists around the world to study for decades to come.

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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Support
- Ned Barbee (Lockheed Martin)
- James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- John Stoll (Rothe-Ares Joint Venture)
Public affairs
- Shaneequa Vereen (NASA/JSC)
- Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC)
- Lauren Duda (Lockheed Martin)
Animators
- Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Kim Dongjae (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Josh Masters (Freelance)
Videographers
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Charles Clendaniel (NASA/JSC)
- Arlene Islas (University of Arizona)
- Jamie Peer (Centuria Corporation)
Scientists
- Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona)
- Jason Dworkin (NASA/GSFC)
- Nicole Lunning (NASA/JSC)
Interviewee
- Anjani Polit (University of Arizona)