Planets and Moons ID: 13856

A Web Around Asteroid Bennu

Released on May 10, 2021

101955 Bennu is one of Earth’s closest planetary neighbors – an asteroid roughly the height of a skyscraper, and since late 2018, the place that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has called home. When OSIRIS-REx arrived on December 3, 2018, it began wrapping Bennu in a complex web of observations. OSIRIS-REx departed Bennu on May 10, 2021 on a return voyage to Earth, bringing with it over 60 grams of sample collected from the asteroid. This narrated video presents the mission’s complete trajectory during its time at Bennu.

Data provided by: NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA

STILL IMAGE – OSIRIS-REx briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020 and collected a sample for return to Earth.

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Credits

Dan Gallagher (USRA):
Producer
Narrator

Kel Elkins (USRA):
Producer
Lead Data Visualizer

Michael Moreau (NASA/GSFC):
Deputy Project Manager

Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona):
Principal Investigator

Kenny Getzandanner (NASA/GSFC):
Engineer

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

Data provided by NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA