10K views · 5.9K reactions | 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 | Facebook

This summer, after a year of studying the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission spacecraft will undertake its first-ever attempt to touch the surface of the rocky world, collect a sample of it and safely back away. Here's how: https://go.nasa.gov/2xsmJiH | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration