This series of images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows Bennu in one full rotation from a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). The…
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Captured by the spacecraft’s SamCam camera on October 22, 2020, this series of three images shows that the sampler head on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission readies itself to touch the surface of asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer…
OSIRIS-REx at Sample Site Nightingale. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG”…
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on December 2, 2018, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of…
Surface-level view of OSIRIS-REx at sample site Nightingale, with a parking lot for comparison. Credit: NASA/Goddard/CI Lab/University of Arizona NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission…
This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Matchpoint rehearsal, which is the final time the mission will practice the…
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona This view of sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on March…
Examples of disaggregation (top) and linear fractures (bottom) in boulders on asteroid Bennu from images taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REX spacecraft. In the bottom row, fracture…
Sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona This view of sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected…
Brian May, Astrophysicist and Rockstar. Credit: ESA – Science Office Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has teamed up with asteroid researchers to investigate striking…
This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Checkpoint rehearsal, which is the first time the mission will practice the…
This flat projection mosaic of asteroid Bennu shows the locations of the first 12 surface features to receive official names from the International Astronomical Union.…
This image shows sample site Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. The image is overlaid with a graphic of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft…
This 3D view of asteroid Bennu was created by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), contributed by the Canadian Space Agency. From Feb. 12 to Feb.…
This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on January 19 was created by combining two images taken on board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.…
This trio of images acquired by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows a wide shot and two close-ups of a region in asteroid Bennu’s northern hemisphere. The…
On Dec. 31, 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft went into orbit around asteroid Bennu for the first time. At 2:43 p.m. EST on December 31, while…