Bennu's Journey

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018, its close-up images confirmed what mission planners had predicted nearly two decades before: Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by gravity, and shaped like a spinning top. This major validation, however, was accompanied by a major surprise. Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach, but were instead greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – the size of cars, the size of houses, the size of football fields. Now, thanks to laser altimetry data and high-resolution imagery from OSIRIS-REx, we can take a tour of Bennu’s remarkable terrain. Unlock the secrets of asteroid Bennu.Data provided by NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA. Take a narrated tour of asteroid Bennu’s remarkable terrain. Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Timelapse Clouds” by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “The Wilderness” by Benjamin James Parsons; “Maps of Deception” by Idriss-El-Mehdi Bennani, Olivier Louis Perrot, and Philippe Andre VandenhendeWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex)

NASA s never been done before? 4.What will scientists do with the asteroid sample once it gets to Earth?5.How have previous missions helped NASA perfect the art of the gravity assist?6.Bennu is just one of hundreds of thousands of asteroids out there. How can studying asteroids keep us safe?Live Shot Details:Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Greenbelt, MarylandScientists:Dr. Jim Garvin / NASA Goddard Chief Scientist Dr. Christina Richey / OSIRIS-REx Deputy Program ScientistDr. Michelle Thaller/ NASA Scientist B-roll and canned interviews to be added on Thursday, Sept 21OSIRIS is pronounced: O-Si-Ris B-roll for OSIRIS-REx Live Shots on September 22nd, 2017 Canned interview with NASA Scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller with graphics rolled into answers. Full transcript is included. Answers are separated by slates with the questions Canned interview with NASA Goddard Chief Scientist Dr. Jim Garvin looking off camera. Includes full transcript. Answers are separated by slates with the questions on them. TRT 4:41 Canned interview without graphics rolled into the answer. Scientist is NASA Scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller. TRT 3:51. Includes full transcript. Question slates separate the answers. For More InformationSee [nasa.gov/osirisrex](nasa.gov/osirisrex)

NASA s OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.

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OSIRIS-REx is on a mission to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. The graphics on this page were created to support the OSIRIS-REx L-14 press briefing at NASA headquarters on August 17, 2016. All videos are available for download in broadcast quality. The majority of the videos do not contain audio. Links to 4K-resolution versions appear at the bottom of the page.Watch the OSIRIS-REx L-14 press conference.Learn more about OSIRIS-REx from NASA and the University of Arizona. 1. Gordon Johnston - Spacecraft introduction 2. Gordon Johnston - OSIRIS-REx mission timeline 3. Gordon Johnston - OSIRIS-REx mission partners 1. Jeffrey Grossman - New Frontiers overview 2. Jeffrey Grossman - Asteroid exploration timeline 3. Jeffrey Grossman - OSIRIS-REx exploration 4. Jeffrey Grossman - Previous sample return missions 1. Dante Lauretta - OSIRIS-REx mission acronym 2. Dante Lauretta - Origins 3. Dante Lauretta - Spectral Interpretation 4. Dante Lauretta - Resource Identification 5. Dante Lauretta - Security 6. Dante Lauretta - Regolith Explorer 1. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu accessibility 2. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu size 3. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu composition 1. Rich Kuhns - OSIRIS-REx construction and shipping 2. Rich Kuhns - TAGSAM testing 3. Rich Kuhns - TAGSAM animation 1. Mike Donnelly - OSIRIS-REx instruments 2. Mike Donnelly - Kennedy Space Center arrival TV Backdrop - Large-format image of OSIRIS-REx preparing to sample asteroid Bennu For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html)

The OSIRIS-REx mission is on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) will provide a three-dimensional map of the asteroid Killer Tracks Production MusicWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Watch this video in French on the Canadian Space Agency website. French versionTranslated by the Canadian Space Agency

NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich body that may contain clues to the origins of life. When OSIRIS-REx arrives at Bennu in 2018, it will spend over a year orbiting the asteroid and studying it with a suite of remote sensing instruments. The OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer, or OVIRS, will look at Bennu s Goddard Space Flight Center put the finishing touches on OVIRS.Credit: NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html)

NASA s OSIRIS-REx mission launches in September 2016 and plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023. This video profiles a student-built instrument aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft called REXIS - the Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer. The purpose of REXIS is to collect and image fluorescent X-rays emitted by the asteroid, which will give scientists information regarding atomic elements that comprise it. Scientists Richard Binzel, Rebecca Masterson, and Branden Allen discuss how the REXIS instrument aboard OSIRIS-REx works.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html)

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so that scientists can study pristine material left over from the early solar system. Learn more at nasa.gov/osiris-rex and asteroidmission.org. Dante Lauretta, the Principal Investigator for OSIRIS-REx, gives an overview of the asteroid sample return mission.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html)

College students in Boston are getting the chance to help NASA explore an asteroid. These student scientists have built an instrument called REXIS, which will fly on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that launches in September 2016. This video puts a spotlight on a group of these students and their experience on the REXIS project.Watch this video on the NASAgovVideo YouTube channel. For More InformationSee [http://www.asteroidmission.org](http://www.asteroidmission.org)

Near-Earth asteroids like Bennu pose a potential danger to our planet, so it s shape, brightness, and surface features. These factors are thought to influence the Yarkovsky effect, and understanding how will enable scientists to better predict the orbit of Bennu and other near-Earth asteroids. Rotating asteroids have a tough time sticking to their orbits. Their surfaces heat up during the day and cool down at night, giving off radiation that can act as a sort of mini-thruster. This force, called the Yarkovsky effect, can cause rotating asteroids to drift widely over time, making it hard for scientists to predict their long-term risk to Earth. Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.For complete transcript, click here. ANIMATION - Sunlight alters the orbit of a rotating asteroid via the Yarkovsky effect. For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html#.UwzCAY1qvrM)

Astrobiologists like Jason Dworkin are keenly interested in the origins of life on Earth, but the evidence that they seek was erased long ago by Earth’s geology and chemistry. Fortunately, asteroids like Bennu preserve the solar system’s earliest ingredients - including the carbon-based building blocks of life - which can be retrieved and studied by scientists in a lab on Earth. That’s why NASA is sending a spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx to explore asteroid Bennu and bring back a sample. The material collected by OSIRIS-REx will provide a wealth of data for future generations of scientists, shedding light on one of the solar system s biggest mysteries.Learn more about the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu.Learn more about the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA Goddard. Project Scientist Jason Dworkin discusses the OSIRIS-REx mission to explore asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth.View transcript.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. For More InformationSee [http://www.asteroidmission.org/](http://www.asteroidmission.org/)

NASA will launch the first U.S. asteroid sample return mission in 2016. Learn more about asteroid Bennu in this animated feature called “Bennu’s Journey.” Scientists think Bennu formed in the aftermath of a collision between a proto-planet and a space rock. Bennu is a primitive asteroid composed of molecules that may have been the precursors to life on Earth. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will rendezvous with Bennu and obtain a sample that will be returned to Earth in 2023. For More InformationSee [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/bennus-journey/)

Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through space for millions of years, Asteroid Bennu has had a tough life in a rough neighborhood - the early solar system. Bennu s Instagram and Flickr. For complete transcript, click here. For complete transcript, click here. For complete transcript, click here. For complete transcript, click here. For complete transcript, click here. For complete transcript, click here. For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/bennus-journey/](http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/bennus-journey/)

This page contains the frames for each of the 31 shots that comprise the movie Bennu s formation Bennu Yarkovsky effect Resonance with Saturn Passing Mars Passing Earth Transit Venus Transit Venus closeup OSIRIS-REx arrives

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What’s the best way get a sample of an asteroid? Play tag with it! That’s the plan for OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft that will approach the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The collection will be done with an instrument on board called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, or, TAGSAM. Learn how it works in this video. s TAGSAM instrument to get a sample of the asteroid Bennu.For complete transcript, click here.

OSIRIS-REx will visit a Near Earth asteroid called Bennu and return with samples that may hold clues to the origins of the solar system and perhaps life itself. It will also investigate the asteroid and Flight Dynamics will supply the KinetX instrument. This narrated video provides an overiew of the OSIRIS-REx mission to observe asteroid Bennu and retreive a sample for study on Earth.For complete transcript, click here. For More InformationSee [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html)

This page contains broadcast-quality animations for the OSIRIS-REx mission. An overview video of the OSIRIS-REx mission. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft apporaches asteroid Bennu. Another view of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approaching asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx performs remote sensing observations of asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx deploys its Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechansim (TAGSAM) instrument. OSIRIS-REx collects a sample of asteroid Bennu. Exterior view of OSIRIS-REx collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu with its Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM). Cutaway view of the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx performs a spin maneuver to dertermine the mass of the sample. OSIRIS-REx stores its sample of asteroid Bennu inside the Sample Return Capsule (SRC). OSIRIS-REx returns its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth. A 360 degree view of OSIRIS-REx. Artist on asteroid 1999 RQ36. For More InformationSee [http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/](http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/)