OSIRIS-Rex: Sample Return from a Primitive Near-Earth Asteroid

Planetary scientist Dr. Scott Messenger of the NASA Johnson Space Center discusses the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission to asteroid Bennu. Scheduled to launch September 3, 2016, OSIRIS-REx will provide an understanding of the origin and history of primitive asteroidal material. This was the third presentation in the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s 2015 – 2016 Cosmic Exploration Speaker Series — Solar System Exploration Today and Tomorrow. Please note: Audio is absent for the first 3.5 minutes of the record