How NASA Will Study the Asteroid Bennu Samples

OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to collect samples from an asteroid and deliver them to Earth. On September 24, 2023, the spacecraft will release a capsule containing material from near-Earth asteroid Bennu for a landing in Utah’s West Desert. OSIRIS-REx team members will recover the capsule and bring its contents to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where the Bennu samples will be curated and made available for scientists around the world to study for decades to come. Learn more about OSIRIS-REx at: Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Dan Gallagher: Producer Dante Lauretta: Scientist Jason Dworkin: Scientist Nicole Lunning: Scientist Anjani Polit: Interviewee Rani Gran: Public Affairs Shaneequa Vereen: Public Affairs Lauren Duda: Public Affairs Walt Feimer: Animator Jonathan North: Animator Kim Dongjae: Animator Josh Masters: Animator Chris Smith: Animator Charles Clendaniel: Videographer Arlene Islas: Videographer Jamie Peer: Videographer Dan Gallagher: Videographer John Stoll: Support Ned Barbee: Support James Tralie: Support Aaron E. Lepsch: Technical Support Universal Production Music: “Mirage” and “Manifest” by Ben Niblett and Jonathan David Cotton, Chappell Recorded Music Library Ltd [PRS]; “Lumos” by Ben Niblett and Jonathan David Cotton, Nova Production Music Ltd [PRS] This video can be freely shared and downloaded at While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram: · X: · Facebook: · Flickr: