Planets and Moons ID: 13850

OSIRIS-REx Departure from Bennu Trailer

Released on May 5, 2021

At approximately 4:16 p.m. EDT on May 10th, 2021, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for seven minutes and start its long journey home with more than 60 grams (2.1 ounces) of asteroid material in its Sample Return Capsule.

NASA invites the public and the media to watch NASA's first asteroid sample return mission leave Bennu and begin its cruise home on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/live at 4 p.m. EDT. The public can ask questions about the mission on NASA's Solar System Instagram account

Credits

James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Lead Producer
Lead Editor
Narrator
Animator

Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
Animator

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA):
Animator

Michael Lentz (USRA):
Animator

Krystofer Kim (USRA):
Animator

Jonathan North (USRA):
Animator

Kel Elkins (USRA):
Visualizer

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Technical Support

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> OSIRIS-REx
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons