Imaging Asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx has imaged Bennu in higher resolution than we have Earth and our own Moon. Since its arrival at the asteroid on Dec. 3, 2018, the spacecraft has discovered boulders the size of buildings, and imaged the surface down to 5 centimeter-per-pixel resolution. Its cameras captured stunning footage of the sample collection event on Oct. 20, 2020. OSIRIS-REx imaged Bennu for the last time on April 7, 2021, and will return to Earth in 2023 with samples it collected from the asteroid’s surface. More: Music: “Greatest Divide“ from Andrew Leslie Spiller, Daniel Burrows, Daniel William David Mallender, and Thomas Richard Hill, via Universal Production Music. Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center James Tralie (ADNET): Lead Producer Narrator Editor Animator Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (USRA): Animator Michael Lentz (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (USRA): Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA): Animator Kel Elkins (USRA): Visualizer Aaron E. Le