OSIRIS-REx Targets Near-Earth Asteroid
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- Chris Meaney
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NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to asteroid Bennu to better understand the evolution of its orbit and retrieve a pristine sample for study on Earth.
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On February 15, 2013, a 45-meter asteroid called Duende (formerly 2012 DA14) passed within 28,000 kilometers of Earth - the closest approach on record for an object of this size. Although such Near-Earth Objects, or NEO's, cross our planet's orbit on a regular basis, only a handful are large enough to pose a threat. One of these objects is asteroid Bennu (formerly 1999 RQ36), a "leftover" from the formation of our solar system. In an effort to better understand NEO's and our planet's own origins, NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to asteroid Bennu to study the evolution of its orbit and retrieve a sample for return to Earth.
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Arizona
Animators
- Chris Meaney (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
- Michael Lentz (KBRwyle)
- Michael McClare (KBRwyle)
- Walt Feimer (KBRwyle)
Writer
- Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
Video editor
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Scientists
- Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona)
- Edward Beshore (The University of Arizona)
- Joseph A Nuth (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Videographer
- Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
Missions
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