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.
Edited movie of mapping animations
OSIRIS-REx arrival at Bennu.
Bennu reveal.
Detailed survey of Bennu.
OSIRIS-REx mapping Bennu.
OSIRIS-REx flying over Bennu
OSIRIS-REx mapping Bennu
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animators
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA)
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Kel Elkins
(USRA)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT.















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