95K views · 5.9K reactions | Our OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on a mission to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich body that may contain clues to the origins of life. An instrument on the spacecraft will look at the asteroid's spectral signature to detect organics and other minerals: https://youtu.be/aYmgc9XL_Vs | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

OSIRIS REx Sample Collection at Asteroid Bennu! | Space Voyager

Hello, asteroid Bennu! NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission flew over two billion miles through space to meet you. Here, the spacecraft's camera captures a full rotation of the asteroid from only about 50 miles away: https://go.nasa.gov/2rhr6a3 OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for almost a year and eventually select a location to collect a sample to return to Earth. #WelcomeToBennu | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

6.5K views · 1.9K reactions | LIVE NOW: In August, NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission caught its first view of the asteroid #Bennu. Listen from the mission team as they have discovered new science and how this new information compares to the Bennu data gathered from Earth. Watch: https://go.nasa.gov/2GaqjC0 #AGU18 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

47K views · 2.7K reactions | OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission blasts off on its mission #tobennuandback | NASA's Kennedy Space Center | Facebook

3.2K views · 35 reactions | Learn more about the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission, launching on September 8th, from two of the Canadian Scientists involved in the mission. Canadian Space Agency | Royal Ontario Museum | Facebook