OSIRIS-REx: Orbiting Asteroid Bennu
Olivia Billett, OSIRIS-REx spacecraft science lead at Lockheed Martin, talks about the complexities of orbiting around asteroid Bennu. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft launched Sept. 8, 2016, and began orbiting asteroid Bennu on Dec. 31, 2018. Its primary science objective is to study Bennu and collect a sample for return to Earth in 2023. Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid that records the earliest history of our solar system, and which may contain the raw ingredients of life. Learn more here: www.nasa.gov/osirisrex Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/ Courtney Lee
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