OSIRIS-REx Technology: REXIS

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    ID: 12443 Produced Video

    OSIRIS-REx Technology: OCAMS

    Dec. 7th, 2016
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    The OSIRIS-REx camera suite will provide global maps and close-up images of asteroid Bennu, along with information about the carbon-rich asteroid's chemical makeup.This video is available for download in 4k resolution.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.Music Credits: "Ultimate Question" and "Victory Or Failure" by Guy & Zab Skornik [SACEM] || NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich body that may contain clues to the origins of life. When OSIRIS-REx arrives at Bennu in 2018, it will spend over a year orbiting the asteroid and studying it with a set of remote sensing instruments. The OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite, or OCAMS, will provide high-resolution images of Bennu, allowing OSIRIS-REx to map the asteroid, determine its mineralogy, and even take close-up pictures of the surface at less than a centimeter per pixel. After OCAMS and its fellow instruments have thoroughly surveyed Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will carry out its most important task: collecting a sample of the asteroid for return to Earth in 2023.Learn more about OCAMS.Visit the OSIRIS-REx mission website. ||

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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: 12340 Produced Video

    We Choose Bennu - OSIRIS-REx Mission Trailer

    Aug. 19th, 2016

    We Choose Bennu - OSIRIS-REx Mission Trailer || NASA’s history of space exploration is about to write a new chapter. In September 2016, the OSIRIS-REx mission will launch toward Asteroid Bennu and, for the first time, return a sample to Earth. Through these endeavors, scientists can further unlock some of the mysteries of our solar system’s past, while also advancing our space exploration capabilities into the future. This is why we choose Bennu. ||

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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. || The OSIRIS-REx mission is on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) will provide a three-dimensional map of the asteroid's shape, which will allow scientists to understand the context of the asteroid's geography and the sample location. OLA is provided by the Canadian Space Agency in exchange for Canadian ownership of a portion of the returned asteroid sample. ||

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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. || NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich body that may contain clues to the origins of life. When OSIRIS-REx arrives at Bennu in 2018, it will spend over a year orbiting the asteroid and studying it with a suite of remote sensing instruments. The OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer, or OVIRS, will look at Bennu's spectral signature to detect organics and other minerals. After OVIRS and its fellow instruments have thoroughly surveyed Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will descend to the asteroid's surface, collect a sample, and return it to Earth in 2023.Learn more about the OVIRS instrument.Visit the OSIRIS-REx mission website. ||

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    ID: 12227 Produced Video

    NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission

    April 29th, 2016
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    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.Complete transcript available. || 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. || For More Information || See [NASA.gov](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html) ||

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    ID: 12167 Produced Video

    Student Scientists: Building REXIS

    March 14th, 2016
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    College students in Boston are getting the chance to help NASA explore an asteroid. These student scientists have built an instrument called REXIS, which will fly on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that launches in September 2016. This video puts a spotlight on a group of these students and their experience on the REXIS project.Watch this video on the NASAgovVideo YouTube channel. || For More Information || See [http://www.asteroidmission.org](http://www.asteroidmission.org) ||

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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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