OSIRIS-REx Slings Orbital Web Around Asteroid to Capture Sample | 4K

101955 Bennu is one of Earth’s closest planetary neighbors – an asteroid roughly the height of a skyscraper, and since late 2018, the place that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has called home. When OSIRIS-REx arrived on Dec. 3, 2018, it began wrapping Bennu in a complex web of observations. OSIRIS-REx departs Bennu on May 10, 2021, on a return voyage to Earth, bringing with it over 60 grams of sample collected from the asteroid. This narrated video presents the mission’s complete trajectory during its time at Bennu.

Music: “Visionary” by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “Babel” by Max Cameron Concors, via Universal Production Music

Data provided by: NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
Kel Elkins (USRA): Producer
Kel Elkins (USRA): Lead Data Visualizer
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Narrator
Michael Moreau (NASA/GSFC): Deputy Project Manager
Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona): Principal Investigator
Kenny Getzandanner (NASA/GSFC): Engineer

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[robst]

What an incredible degree of control over that probe. It's amazing what humans can do when they put their heads together to achieve a common goal.

[locjacko]

How much fuel was needed for all those extraodinary navigations?

[MisterItchy]

Very, very, cool! This is an amazing mission!

[eddo]

A large amount of effort put into a small world

[davidevans]

good film
thankyou so much
what an incredible mission 🙂 x

[bbaileylife]

Will @nasa ever open source any of this data? Inquiring minds need to know this stuff for future ventures..

[SolaceEasy]

Anyone have Bennu's orbital rate for me?

[Physeraph]

it will be fun to recreate whole thing in KSP

[bryanguzik]

This is by no means a critique, likely I'm missing something. 5cm/pixel seems low, was that referring to only its initial orbital distance resolution?

[راداحمد-لل]

راد احمد.‌اوتواالکتاب
سپاس ا ز زحمات اتان

[prdamico]

if ONLY we spent this much energy & $$$$ feeding & housing

[diegotr]

Please don't share any information with China. Thanks.