NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission

Released Friday, April 29th, 2016
Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:48PM

ID: 12227

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Dante Lauretta, the Principal Investigator for OSIRIS-REx, gives an overview of the asteroid sample return mission.

Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so that scientists can study pristine material left over from the early solar system.

Learn more at nasa.gov/osiris-rex and asteroidmission.org.

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Asteroid Astrobiology Bennu HDTV Near-Earth Object OSIRIS-REx Planetary Science Sample Return

Credits

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Animators
- Chris Meaney (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Tyler Chase (USRA)
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Editors
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
Interviewee
- Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona)
Producers
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
Narration
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
Narrator
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Videographers
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)

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Narrated Movies

ID: 12707 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Launch Anniversary

Sept. 8th, 2017
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Highlights and interviews from the launch of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on September 8, 2016. Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music provided by Killer Tracks: "Uncertain Tragedy," "Particles and Fields," "The Pressure Continues," "Fear Index," "Favor" || OsirisLaunchAnniversaryPreview.jpg (1280x720) [609.7 KB] || OsirisLaunchAnniversaryPreview_thm.png (80x40) [4.7 KB] || OsirisLaunchAnniversaryPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [73.5 KB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_APR.mov (1920x1080) [4.1 GB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_YT.mp4 (1920x1080) [900.0 MB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_FB.mp4 (1280x720) [362.4 MB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_TWTR.mp4 (1280x720) [65.2 MB] || WEBM-12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_APR.webm (960x540) [123.7 MB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_Output.en_US.srt [6.5 KB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_Output.en_US.vtt [6.5 KB] ||

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ID: 12360 Animation

To Bennu and Back

Sept. 6th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

NASA's latest New Frontiers mission, OSIRIS-REx, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect asteroids' orbital paths and their potential for impacting Earth, and the origins of life in the solar system. In addition, OSIRIS-REx will collect a sample from the surface of the asteroid and return it to Earth for generations of scientists to study and analyze, making this the first American asteroid sample return mission and the largest sample returned from an extraterrestrial body since Apollo. OSIRIS-REx's launch window opens September 8, 2016. This is the journey #ToBennuAndBack. ||

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ID: 12339 Animation

OSIRIS-REx L-14 Press Briefing Graphics

Aug. 17th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

OSIRIS-REx is on a mission to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. The graphics on this page were created to support the OSIRIS-REx L-14 press briefing at NASA headquarters on August 17, 2016. All videos are available for download in broadcast quality. The majority of the videos do not contain audio. Links to 4K-resolution versions appear at the bottom of the page.Watch the OSIRIS-REx L-14 press conference.Learn more about OSIRIS-REx from NASA and the University of Arizona. ||

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ID: 12334 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Technology: OLA

Aug. 11th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

OSIRIS-REx Tech: Mapping an Asteroid with LasersMusic credits: "Drowned in Flames" by Boris Nonte; Ed.Berlin Production Music/Universal Publishing Production Music GmbH GEMA; Killer Tracks Production Music"Nighthawk" by Beatrix Löw-Beer, Mathew Kay, and Michael Kunzi; Ed.Berling Production Music/Universal Publishing Production Music GmbH GEMA; Killer Tracks Production MusicWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Watch this video in French on the Canadian Space Agency website. || OLA_thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x574) [100.8 KB] || OLA_thumbnail.png (2878x1616) [3.8 MB] || OLA_thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [79.9 KB] || OLA_thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [6.8 KB] || OLA_final.mp4 (1920x1080) [301.8 MB] || OLA_final_1080p_29.97.mov (1920x1080) [3.5 GB] || OLA_final.webm (1920x1080) [32.7 MB] || OLA_final_720p_59.94.mov (1280x720) [3.5 GB] || OLA.en_US.srt [5.8 KB] || OLA.en_US.vtt [5.8 KB] || OLA2.en_US.srt [6.2 KB] || OLA2.en_US.vtt [6.2 KB] ||

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ID: 12322 Produced Video

Sampling An Asteroid

Aug. 4th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

NASA is sending a robotic spacecraft to collect material from an asteroid and return it to Earth. || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [160.1 KB] || c-1280.jpg (1280x720) [225.7 KB] || c-1920.jpg (1920x1080) [337.4 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [169.1 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [79.8 KB] || c-1024_web.png (320x180) [79.8 KB] || c-1024_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] ||

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ID: 12309 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Technology: OVIRS

July 25th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

OSIRIS-REx will use its visible and infrared spectrometer (OVIRS) to study the chemical composition of Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid that may hold clues to the origins of life.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || OvirsPreview3.jpg (1920x1080) [859.9 KB] || OvirsPreview3_searchweb.png (320x180) [122.7 KB] || OvirsPreview3_thm.png (80x40) [8.7 KB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_APR.mov (1920x1080) [8.7 GB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [340.1 MB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_H264.mp4 (1280x720) [340.6 MB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [169.3 MB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile.webm (960x540) [135.6 MB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [169.4 MB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_APR_Output.en_US.srt [7.0 KB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [7.0 KB] || 12309_OVIRS_Profile_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [58.3 MB] ||

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ID: 12282 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Technology: REXIS

July 11th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Scientists Richard Binzel, Rebecca Masterson, and Branden Allen discuss how the REXIS instrument aboard OSIRIS-REx works.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || REXIStitlecard.jpg (1920x1080) [982.7 KB] || REXIStitlecard_searchweb.png (320x180) [107.5 KB] || REXIStitlecard_thm.png (80x40) [25.1 KB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [911.9 MB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER.mpeg (1280x720) [938.8 MB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER.webm (960x540) [113.7 MB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [143.4 MB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.7 GB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [143.5 MB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_Output.en_US.srt [5.3 KB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_Output.en_US.vtt [5.3 KB] || 12282_REXIS_Instrument_Profile_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [48.8 MB] ||

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ID: 11910 Produced Video

Studying an Asteroid on Earth

June 30th, 2015
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Project Scientist Jason Dworkin discusses the OSIRIS-REx mission to explore asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth.View transcript.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. || OSIRIS_REx_Blue_Marble.png (1920x1080) [2.0 MB] || OSIRIS_REx_Blue_Marble_print.jpg (1024x576) [118.5 KB] || OSIRIS_REx_Blue_Marble_searchweb.png (320x180) [84.3 KB] || OSIRIS_REx_Blue_Marble_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER.mov (1280x720) [2.4 GB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [118.8 MB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_youtube_hq.webm (1280x720) [19.5 MB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [74.2 MB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [80.5 MB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [74.1 MB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [29.4 MB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_youtube_hq.en_US.srt [3.2 KB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_youtube_hq.en_US.vtt [3.2 KB] || G2015-008_OREx_Astro_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [15.8 MB] ||

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ID: 20220 Animation

Bennu's Journey

Nov. 18th, 2014
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through space for millions of years, asteroid Bennu has had a tough life in a rough neighborhood - the early solar system. Bennu's Journey shows what is known and what remains mysterious about the evolution of Bennu and the planets. By retrieving a sample of Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will teach us more about the raw ingredients of the solar system and our own origins.The animation was produced in an 8 x 3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 5760 x 2160 and is available in its full resolution, 4K Ultra HD, 1080HD and 720HD versions in both a letter boxed and a 16 x 9 cropped format. ||

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ID: 10793 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview

May 16th, 2013
(updated Nov. 14th, 2023)

OSIRIS-REx will visit a Near Earth asteroid called Bennu and return with samples that may hold clues to the origins of the solar system and perhaps life itself. It will also investigate the asteroid's chance of impacting Earth in 2182. For the mission, NASA has selected the team led by Principal Investigator Dr. Dante Lauretta from the University of Arizona. NASA GSFC will manage the mission and Lockheed Martin Space Systems will build the spacecraft. Arizona State University will supply the OTES instrument; NASA GSFC will supply the OVIRS instrument; the Canadian Space Agency will supply the OLA instrument; the University of Arizona will supply the OCAMS camera suite; Harvard/MIT will supply the REXIS instrument; and Flight Dynamics will supply the KinetX instrument. ||

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ID: 10960 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Animations

Feb. 1st, 2013
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

THIS PAGE FEATURES OLDER CONTENT FOR OSIRIS-REx. NEWER CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE OSIRIS-REx GALLERY. ||

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ID: 12347 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Interview Clips

Aug. 23rd, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

This resource page contains broadcast-quality interview clips about the OSIRIS-REx mission. Clips are available for download in both Apple ProRes and H.264 versions. ||

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