OSIRIS-REx Resource Page
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- Visualizations by:
- Lisa Poje and
- Michael Lentz
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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.
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Movies
- Bennu_Title_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [3.9 MB]
- Bennu_Title_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [1.3 MB]
- Bennu_Title_006.mov (3840x2160) [811.4 MB]
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Frame sets
- frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/title_seq/ (3840x2160) [16.0 KB]
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Captions
- Bennu_Title_006.Silent.en_US.srt [38 bytes]
- Bennu_Title_006.Silent.en_US.vtt [51 bytes]
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Images
- Bennu_Title_120_print.jpg (1024x576) [37.8 KB]
- Bennu_Title_120_searchweb.png (320x180) [49.3 KB]
- Bennu_Title_120_thm.png (80x40) [3.0 KB]
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Bennu title sequence
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Movies
- Bennu_Size_Comparison_003.mov (1920x1080) [1.1 GB]
- Bennu_Size_Comparison_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [42.0 MB]
- Bennu_Size_Comparison_1080p60.webm (1920x1080) [2.8 MB]
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Frame sets
- frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/BennuSize_comp/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB]
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Captions
- Bennu_Size_Comparison_003.Silent.en_US.srt [38 bytes]
- Bennu_Size_Comparison_003.Silent.en_US.vtt [51 bytes]
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Images
- Bennu_Size_Comparison_0371_print.jpg (1024x576) [130.7 KB]
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Bennu size comparision.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animators
- Lisa Poje (USRA) [Lead]
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Related Pages
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Worth the wait! NASA’s First Ever Sample From An Asteroid Just Days Away From Returning to Earth Live Shots
Live coverage will begin at 10 a.m. EDT on Sept. 24 and air on NASA Television and the agency’s website, as well as YouTube, X, Facebook, and NASA’s App.For more information click NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Asteroid Sample Return || OREX_landing_banner5.jpeg (1800x720) [300.4 KB] || OREX_landing_banner5_print.jpg (1024x409) [97.4 KB] || OREX_landing_banner5_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.8 KB] || OREX_landing_banner5_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] ||
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OSIRIS-REx Approach Media Telecon
Recorded audio from the OSIRIS-REx approach media teleconference on August 24, 2018, with accompanying presenter graphics. Individual graphics are available below.Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel. || OSIRIS-REx_TAG_preview.jpg (1920x1080) [380.4 KB] || OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon.mp4 (1920x1080) [4.0 GB] || FACEBOOK_720_OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [1.7 GB] || TWITTER_720_OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [934.4 MB] || OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon.webm (960x540) [427.4 MB] || OSIRIS-REx_Approach_082418.wav [51.6 MB] ||
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First NASA Mission To Collect Asteroid Sample Will Slingshot by Earth - 9.22.17 Live Shots
B-roll and canned interviews to be added on Thursday, Sept 21OSIRIS is pronounced: O-Si-Ris || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot.png (985x554) [2.7 MB] || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot_print.jpg (1024x575) [131.1 KB] || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.0 KB] || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] ||
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Journey to Bennu Trailer
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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OSIRIS-REx Live Shots
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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OSIRIS-REx Launch and Deployment Animations
OSIRIS-REx begins its journey to near-Earth asteroid Bennu from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. In addition to the launch vehicle's liquid-fueled main engine, its 411 configuration includes a strap-on solid rocket booster and a Centaur upper stage. When the launch window opens on the evening of September 8, 2016, the Atlas V will lift OSIRIS-REx above the Florida coastline and propel it eastward over the night side of Earth. Fifty-nine minutes later, OSIRIS-REx will separate from the Centaur upper stage, point its solar arrays at the rising sun, and embark on its nearly two-year cruise to Bennu. ||
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OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Sample Acquisition Campaign
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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OSIRIS-REx Bennu Mapping Animations
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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OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Earth Return Animations
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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OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft and Instrument Animations
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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OSIRIS-REx Cruise Animation
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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OSIRIS-REx L-14 Press Briefing Graphics
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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OSIRIS-REx L-2 Science Briefing Graphics
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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NASA Science Live: OSIRIS-REx - X Marks the Spot (Episode 13)
NASA Science Live: OSIRIS-REx - X Marks the Spot [Episode 13]Air Date: December, 12, 2019Watch this video on the ScienceAtNASA YouTube channel. || NSL_ep13_still_print.jpg (1024x573) [80.4 KB] || NSL_ep13_still.png (2554x1430) [4.0 MB] || NSL_ep13_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.0 KB] || NSL_ep13_still_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || 13504_NSL_OSIRIS_REx_Ep13.en_US.srt [50.1 KB] || 13504_NSL_OSIRIS_REx_Ep13.en_US.vtt [47.0 KB] || 13504_NSL_OSIRIS_REx_Ep13_lowres.mp4 (0x0) [550.4 MB] || 13504_NSL_OSIRIS_REx_Ep13_youtube_720.mp4 (0x0) [3.0 GB] || 13504_NSL_OSIRIS_REx_Ep13.mov (0x0) [20.3 GB] || 13504_NSL_OSIRIS_REx_Ep13.webm (0x0) [814.2 MB] ||
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OSIRIS-REx Social Media Interviews
This page contains interviews with personnel from the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission, edited for social media. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launched Sept. 8, 2016, and began orbiting asteroid Bennu on Dec. 31, 2018. Its primary science objective is to study Bennu and collect a sample for return to Earth in 2023. Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid that records the earliest history of our solar system, and which may contain the raw ingredients of life. ||
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OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Narrated Feature
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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OSIRIS-REx Launch Anniversary
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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To Bennu and Back
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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