Name: OSIRIS-REx: Asteroid Hunter
Uploaded: 2019-01-01
Duration: 11 min 47 s
Description: OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first asteroid-sampling spacecraft on an asteroid called BENNU. It attempts a "touch-and-go" (TAG) sample collection which involves a series of maneuvers that will bring the spacecraft down to the asteroid's surface.

OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first asteroid-sampling spacecraft on an asteroid called BENNU. It attempts a "touch-and-go" (TAG) sample collection which involves a series of maneuvers that will bring the spacecraft down to the asteroid's surface.

Follow NASA's first asteroid-sampling mission as OSIRIS-REx confronts Bennu's boulder-strewn surface and attempts a precise touch-and-go collection. Along the way, scientists uncover ancient carbon-rich material, signs of hydrated minerals, and surprising particle ejections that deepen what Bennu can reveal about our origins and future planetary defense. Sign up to see how real exploration turns risk into discovery.

A robotic descent to Bennu unlocks clues to life and danger.

OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first asteroid-sampling spacecraft on an asteroid called BENNU.

A robotic descent to Bennu unlocks clues to life and danger.

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