See Asteroid Bennu Sample Site as OSIRIS-REx Swoops Past

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See Asteroid Bennu Sample Site as OSIRIS-REx Swoops Past

See Asteroid Bennu Sample Site as OSIRIS-REx Swoops Past

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx did a reconnaissance flyby of the Osprey sample site on asteroid Bennu, creating a mosaic of 347 PolyCam images stitched together.

OSIRIS-REx will eventually touch down on the asteroid during NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission.

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