OSIRIS-REx L-2 Pre-Launch Briefing Graphics

Excerpt of OSIRIS-REx launch coverage by NASA-TV. The unedited camera feeds from this broadcast are available below. || On September 8, 2016, NASA view looking down the Atlas V 411 launch vehicle. The single solid rocket booster jettisons at 3:21 in the video. || OSIRIS-REx launch footage from the UCS-3 tracker camera. || OSIRIS-REx launch footage from the UCS-23 tracker camera.

1. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu accessibility || This page contains supporting graphics for the OSIRIS-REx L-2 science briefing from Kennedy Space Center on September 6, 2016. OSIRIS-REx is a NASA mission to explore asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. The graphics on this page are available for download in broadcast resolution. These graphics do not include audio.Watch the OSIRIS-REx L-2 Science Briefing.To learn more, visit NASA s OSIRIS-REx website and asteroidmission.org. || 2. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu size comparison || 3. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu composition || 1. Jason Dworkin - Mission overview || 2. Jason Dworkin - Early Earth || 3. Jason Dworkin - Sample return is pristine || 4. Jason Dworkin - Sample return is for the future || 1. Dani DellaGiustina - OSIRIS-REx exploration || 2. Dani DellaGiustina - Mapping coverage || 3. Dani DellaGiustina - Mapping scales

B-Roll that goes along with the live shots.Click for a gallery of OSIRIS-REx VIDEO AND GRAPHICSClick for more information about OSIRIS-REx || NASA scientists are available on Thursday, Sept. 8th from 6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and again 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EDT – just hours before NASA’s FIRST-EVER asteroid sample return mission launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida – to find out why NASA is going to this asteroid, and what mysteries it might unlock about how life started on Earth and whether life could have started elsewhere in our solar system. We also have a Spanish-speaking scientist available. On Thursday September 8th at 7:05 p.m. EDT, NASA will launch the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer – or OSIRIS-REx – spacecraft that will travel to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu. Asteroids are rocky debris left over from the dawn of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago. They’ve changed little over time, making Bennu a pristine time capsule of the building blocks of our solar system. Crews in the local Washington/Baltimore area are invited out to Goddard Space Flight Center for a launch viewing event + availability for interviews with scientists Sept 8th from 4:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. EDT at the Visitors Center. RSVP information is here.To book a window – contact: Michelle Handleman at michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov.HD Satellite Coordinates for AMC9-K23AB: AMC-9 Ku-band Xp 23 Slot AB| 83.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12151.0 MHz | Horizontal Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Questions:1. Later today NASA will launch its first-ever sample return mission to an asteroid. Tell us more about this mission.2. Could asteroids contain the chemical precursors for life on Earth and in the solar system?3. You have a really interesting way to “kiss the asteroid” to collect a sample. Can you show us how you’re going do that?4. What will scientists do with the sample once it returns to Earth? 5. Where can we learn more? Live Shot Details:Locations:Cape Canaveral Air Force Station/ Cape Canaveral, Florida (from 6am-9am and 4pm-6pm) NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Greenbelt, Maryland (from 9am-2pm)Scientists:Dr. Jim Green / Director, NASA Planetary Science DivisionDr. Ellen Stofan / NASA Chief ScientistDr. Jim Garvin / NASA Goddard Chief ScientistDr. Lucy McFadden / NASA Scientist Dr. Geronimo Villanueva/ NASA Scientist [Interviews in Spanish] || OSIRIS-REx Interview with NASA Goddard Chief Scientist, Dr. Jim Garvin || NASA Goddard Chief Scientist Dr. Jim Garvin answers questions about the OSIRIS-REx mission. Includes full text of his soundbites.Answers the following questions:Tell us about NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample return mission.What scientific discoveries are possible with this mission?Could asteroids contain the chemical precursors for life on Earth and in the solar system?How excited are you about this mission?What will asteroid Bennu teach us about the universe?What is the difference between an asteroid, comet and meteor? || Short 1:00 minute SOT from Dr. Jim Garvin about the OSIRIS-REx mission. Includes transcript

1. Gordon Johnston - Spacecraft introduction || 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. || 2. Gordon Johnston - OSIRIS-REx mission timeline || 3. Gordon Johnston - OSIRIS-REx mission partners || 1. Jeffrey Grossman - New Frontiers overview || 2. Jeffrey Grossman - Asteroid exploration timeline || 3. Jeffrey Grossman - OSIRIS-REx exploration || 4. Jeffrey Grossman - Previous sample return missions || 1. Dante Lauretta - OSIRIS-REx mission acronym || 2. Dante Lauretta - Origins || 3. Dante Lauretta - Spectral Interpretation || 4. Dante Lauretta - Resource Identification || 5. Dante Lauretta - Security || 6. Dante Lauretta - Regolith Explorer || 1. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu accessibility || 2. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu size || 3. Christina Richey - Asteroid Bennu composition || 1. Rich Kuhns - OSIRIS-REx construction and shipping || 2. Rich Kuhns - TAGSAM testing || 3. Rich Kuhns - TAGSAM animation || 1. Mike Donnelly - OSIRIS-REx instruments || 2. Mike Donnelly - Kennedy Space Center arrival || TV Backdrop - Large-format image of OSIRIS-REx preparing to sample asteroid Bennu