OSIRIS-REx Launch and Deployment Animations

Credits

• Animators

  • Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
  • Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
  • Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Writer

  • Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Technical support

  • Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

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    ID: 4905 Animation

    A Web Around Asteroid Bennu – Visualizations

    May 10th, 2021
    (updated Nov. 15th, 2023)

    This visualization depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s trajectory around the asteroid Bennu from the initial arrival in Dec 2018 through the final departure in April 2021. The trajectory is presented in a Sun Bennu North reference frame. Several mission segments are highlighted in white, leading up to the TAG sample collection maneuver on Oct 20, 2020. || web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars.15100_print.jpg (1024x576) [105.4 KB] || web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars.15100_searchweb.png (320x180) [55.9 KB] || web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars.15100_thm.png (80x40) [3.5 KB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars/ (3840x2160) [1.0 MB] || web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars_2160p60.mp4 (3840x2160) [759.1 MB] || web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars_2160p60.webm (3840x2160) [133.2 MB] ||

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    ID: 4744 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx - Asteroid Bennu Sample Site Finalists

    Aug. 12th, 2019
    (updated Nov. 15th, 2023)

    The visualization begins with a rotating 3D model representation of the asteroid Bennu, created using data from the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) instrument. Four candidate sample sites (with labels) are highlighted with PolyCam images.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || bennu_callouts_05_labels_4k_60fps_1349_print.jpg (1024x576) [149.3 KB] || bennu_callouts_05_labels_4k_60fps_1349_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || bennu_callouts_05_labels_4k_60fps_1349_print_searchweb.png (320x180) [56.8 KB] || bennu_callouts_05_labels_4k_60fps_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [30.4 MB] || bennu_callouts_05_labels_4k_60fps_1080p60.webm (1920x1080) [4.3 MB] || 4744_Bennu_4_Candidate_Sites.mov (3840x2160) [3.1 GB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/Bennu_SampleSiteCallouts_wLabels/ (3840x2160) [128.0 KB] || bennu_callouts_05_labels_4k_60fps_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [70.5 MB] || 4744_Bennu_4_Sites_Output.en_US.srt [47 bytes] || 4744_Bennu_4_Sites_Output.en_US.vtt [60 bytes] ||

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    ID: 4482 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx orbits, maneuvers, and mapping

    Oct. 4th, 2016
    (updated Nov. 14th, 2023)

    The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer spacecraft will travel to a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu (formerly 1999 RQ36), and bring at least a 2.1-ounce sample back to Earth for study. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.OSIRIS-REx launched on Sept. 8, 2016, at 7:05 p.m. EDT. As planned, the spacecraft will reach its target asteroid in 2018 and return a sample to Earth in 2023. These animations depict the journey of OSIRIS-REx to Bennu and back, including the complex maneuvers that the spacecraft will perform in the asteroid's low-gravity environment. The animations are presented in chronological order. ||

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    ID: 12716 B-Roll

    OSIRIS-REx Launch Footage

    Sept. 8th, 2016
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    On September 8, 2016, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began its journey to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Just as the sun began to set over Cape Canaveral, OSIRIS-REx made a picture-perfect liftoff at 7:05 pm EDT. It departed Space Launch Complex 41 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket, cheered on by crowds of mission personnel and space enthusiasts. The launch sent OSIRIS-REx on a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back.An excerpt of the launch broadcast appears at the top of this page. Raw camera feeds from Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center appear below. These clips are intended as a video editor's resource, and are available for download in their original DVCPRO HD format. Launch commentary is provided by KSC host Mike Curie.Learn more about OSIRIS-REx from NASA and the University of Arizona. ||

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    ID: 20261 Animation

    Journey to Bennu Trailer

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

    Official trailer for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_print.jpg (1024x576) [149.3 KB] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_searchweb.png (320x180) [86.7 KB] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_web.png (320x180) [86.7 KB] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_thm.png (80x40) [5.8 KB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_1080_h264.mp4 (1920x1080) [352.9 MB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_1080_h264.webm (1920x1080) [12.1 MB] || 20261_Journey_To_Bennu_TRAILER_MASTER2997_youtube_hq.mov (3840x2160) [5.4 GB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_MASTER_4K_ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [18.5 GB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_4K_h264.mp4 (3840x2160) [390.2 MB] || 20261_Journey_To_Bennu_TRAILER_MASTER2997.en_US.srt [44 bytes] || 20261_Journey_To_Bennu_TRAILER_MASTER2997.en_US.vtt [57 bytes] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image.tif (3840x2160) [31.7 MB] ||

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    ID: 12352 Produced Video

    OSIRIS-REx Live Shots

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

    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 || 013_B-Roll.webm (1280x720) [30.7 MB] || 013_B-Roll.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [76.5 KB] || 013_B-Roll.mov (1280x720) [3.9 GB] || 013_B-Roll.mp4 (1280x720) [466.7 MB] ||

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    ID: 20254 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Resource Page

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

    This page contains graphics and animation resources related to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. || Large format image of OSIRIS-REx before sampling Bennu. || TAG.png (10000x3750) [214.6 MB] || TAG_print.jpg (1024x384) [74.2 KB] || TAG25.png (2500x938) [13.4 MB] || TAG_searchweb.png (320x180) [67.3 KB] || TAG_web.png (320x120) [41.7 KB] || TAG_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || TAG.psd (10000x3750) [214.6 MB] ||

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    ID: 20255 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Sample Acquisition Campaign

    Aug. 17th, 2016
    (updated Nov. 14th, 2023)

    After nine months in orbit around asteroid Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will begin the process of maneuvering closer to the surface in preparation of the sample collection event. Once the sample site has been selected, OSIRIS-REx will break from its polar orbit to practice three flyovers of the site at increasing proximities, eventually matching Bennu's speed and rotation. The narrow-angle PolyCam will image the sample site at sub-centimeter resolution during these close passes.When OSIRIS-REx is ready, it will slowly descend to Bennu's surface at a few centimeters per second. Its outstretched arm will touch down and blow high-pressure nitrogen gas into Bennu's soil. This will force loose dust, dirt, and rocks upward into the TAGSAM head, trapping the material inside. OSIRIS-REx will then weigh and stow the captured sample for return to Earth in 2023. ||

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    ID: 20256 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Bennu Mapping Animations

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

    OSIRIS-REx will spend over a year orbiting and mapping asteroid Bennu in preparation of the mission's main science goal – collecting a sample of Bennu for return to Earth in 2023. ||

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    ID: 20257 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Earth Return Animations

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

    On September 24, 2023, OSIRIS-REx will return its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth. The sample return capsule will detach from the spacecraft, perform an entry, descent and landing sequence, and touch down at the UTTR facility in Utah. The Bennu samples will be taken to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas for curation, and will be studied by scientists around the world for decades to come. ||

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    ID: 20258 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft and Instrument Animations

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

    OSIRIS-REx is a solar-powered spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems. The spacecraft bus measures 3.2 meters high by 2.4 meters wide (about 10x8 feet). With its solar arrays deployed, the spacecraft spans 6.2 meters in length (over 20 feet). A high-gain antenna on the sun-pointed side of OSIRIS-REx enables communication with Earth. On the opposite side is the TAGSAM, a 3.4-meter-long, folding arm that will reach out and grab a sample of the mission's target, near-Earth asteroid Bennu. ||

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    ID: 20259 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Cruise Animation

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

    After leaving Earth in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx spent two years traveling to asteroid Bennu. In September 2017 it flew by Earth for a gravity assist, putting the spacecraft in the right orbital inclination to rendezvous with Bennu in December 2018. ||

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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: 12357 Produced Video

    OSIRIS-REx L-2 Science Briefing Graphics

    Sept. 6th, 2016
    (updated Nov. 14th, 2023)

    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. ||

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    ID: 11825 Animation

    OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Narrated Feature

    Dec. 3rd, 2018
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    The OSIRIS-REx mission design includes complex trajectories, polar orbits, and reconnaissance flyovers that will allow the spacecraft to thoroughly explore asteroid Bennu.Music provided by Killer Tracks: Electric Cosmos, Inducing Waves, Newfound Lands, Crystal Sound Bath, ImperatumWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_Thumbnail_2.jpg (2160x1215) [860.2 KB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_Thumbnail_2_searchweb.png (320x180) [63.9 KB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_Thumbnail_2_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || FACEBOOK_720_11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [541.2 MB] || TWITTER_720_11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [86.6 MB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER.webm (960x540) [183.3 MB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [56.8 GB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_60.mp4 (3840x2160) [6.8 GB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_30.mp4 (3840x2160) [6.7 GB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_small.mp4 (3840x2160) [578.4 MB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_small_Output.en_US.srt [11.3 KB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_small_Output.en_US.vtt [11.4 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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