Planets and Moons  ID: 13719

OSIRIS-REx: Above and Beyond

Released on September 18, 2020
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A recap of the major achievements of the OSIRIS-REx mission to sample asteroid Bennu and return the sample back to Earth by 2023.

Music is "Endeavor" by Frederik Wiedmann of Universal Production Music

Since arriving at asteroid Bennu in Dec. 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has achieved many feats – from setting a record-breaking orbit, to mapping the asteroid’s surface better than any planetary body. The mission is now preparing to collect a sample of Bennu, which will be the first time that NASA has gathered pieces of an asteroid. On Oct. 20, the OSIRIS-REx mission will perform the first attempt of its Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event. Not only will the spacecraft navigate to the surface using innovative navigation techniques, but it could also collect the largest sample since the Apollo missions. The spacecraft will deliver the sample to Earth on Sep. 24, 2023.

Credits

James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Lead Producer
Animator
Narrator
Lead Editor

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Technical Support

Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
Animator

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA):
Animator

Michael Lentz (USRA):
Animator

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> HDTV
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Bennu