• Imaging Asteroid Bennu - Recent release 12.5.2021 • OSIRIS-REx has imaged Bennu better than we have Earth and our own Moon. Since its arrival at the asteroid on December 3, 2018, the spacecraft has discovered boulders the size of buildings, and imaged the surface down to 5 centimeter per pixel resolution. Its onboard cameras captured stunning footage of the sample collection event on October 20, 2020. OSIRIS-REx imaged Bennu for the last time on April 7th, 2021, and will return to Earth in 202

Tomorrow, NASA’s first sample of an asteroid will arrive on Earth! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is flying by Earth to drop off a bit of 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. Live broadcast starts at 10am EDT tomorrow – don’t miss it! nasa.gov/live #ToBennuAndBack #OSIRISREx | NASA Space Alerts

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