Slinging an orbital web around an asteroid to collect samples with OSIRIS-REx | 4K

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101955 One of Earth's nearest planetary neighbors is Bennu, an approximately skyscraper-sized asteroid that NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe has called home since late 2018. On Dec. 3, 2018, OSIRIS-REx touched down, and it immediately started to encircle Bennu in a complicated web of observations. On May 10, 2021, OSIRIS-REx will fly back to Earth from Bennu and bring with it more than 60 grams of asteroid material. The entire mission's course during its time at Bennu is shown in this narrated film.

Find out more at https://nasa.gov/osiris-rex

Music: "Babel" by Max Cameron Concors and "Visionary" by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra, both from Universal Production Music.

NASA, University of Arizona, CSA, York University, Open University, and MDA all contributed data.

Scientific Visualization Studio/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center are the sources for the video.
Producer Kel Elkins (USRA): Lead Data Visualizer Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer Kel Elkins (USRA):
Kenny Getzandanner (NASA/GSFC): Engineer Dan Gallagher (USRA): Narrator Michael Moreau (NASA/GSFC): Deputy Project Manager Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona): Principal Investigator.
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