NASA Explorers Season 6, Episode 4: Preparing for the Asteroid

NASA Explorers Season 6, Episode 4: Preparing for the Asteroid
The lifetime of space missions can be measured in decades, not years. From designing, building, launching, sampling and finally returning home, follow the #NASAExplorers of OSIRIS-REx as they enter the final stretch of their quest to sample asteroid Bennu.
Created by: James Tralie
Producers: James Tralie, Dan Gallagher, Lauren Ward, Katy Mersmann
Scientists: Dante Lauretta, Mike Moreau, Jason Dworkin, Nicole Lunning
Operations: Kenny Getzandanner, Richard Witherspoon, Anjani Polit
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, John Caldwell
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim, James Tralie, Bailee DesRocher, Jacquelyn DeMink, Lisa Poje
Sound Design: James Tralie
Data Visualization: Kel Elkins
NASA+ Executive Producer: Rebecca Sirmons

Music provided by Universal Production Music: “Precious Swirl” by Brice Davoli; “Touch of Eternity” by Sergey Azbel; “Unstoppable Urge” by Frederik Wiedmann; “Darkness to Light” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Ill Will” by Edgard Jaude; “Above the Sea of Fog” by Alan Myson; “A Human Solution” by Ty Unwin; “Darkened” by Alan Myson; “Texture” by Alan Myson; “Hope After Dark” by Cyrus Reynolds; “Out of Time” by Alan Myson; “The Untold Story” by Joni Amelia Fuller; “Confronting Your Fears” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Collapse” by Tom Sue and Zach Singer; “Rebellion” by Sergey Azbel; “Majestic Oceans” by Paul Englishby; “Wide Eyes” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Bleak Outlook” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Fifth Wave” by Alan Myson; “Preoccupied” by David Ashok Ramani and Jonathan Elias; “The Dark Veil” by Rob Manning; “Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers” by Piotr Tchaikovsky; “Limitless” by Alan Myson