Bennu's Journey Teaser
- Visualizations by:
- Walt Feimer
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Asteroid Bennu (1999-RQ36) is a survivor of our solar system's chaotic formation, composed of the same raw ingredients that created our planet. When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission visits asteroid Bennu, its findings will teach us a great deal about our own origins.
Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.
The solar system today is an orderly place, much quieter than it was in its turbulent youth. How did our Sun, the Earth and the planets evolve from a whirlpool of gas, dust, and fiery droplets of molten rock? To answer this question, scientists are planning to visit asteroid Bennu (1999 RQ-36), which is composed of the same raw ingredients that created the planets. Bennu is a survivor of our solar system's early chaos, and following its journey will teach us a great deal about our own origins. This video is the official teaser for Bennu's Journey, a signature animation of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission; the full-length video will be released in November 2014.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Walt Feimer (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Michael Lentz (KBRwyle)
Video editors
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
- Rich Melnick (KBRwyle)
Scientists
- Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona)
- Edward Beshore (The University of Arizona)
Producers
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
- Michael Starobin (KBRwyle)
Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:- None
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