OSIRIS-REx Animations

  • Released Friday, February 1, 2013
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THIS PAGE FEATURES OLDER CONTENT FOR OSIRIS-REx. NEWER CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE OSIRIS-REx GALLERY.

An overview video of the OSIRIS-REx mission.

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft apporaches asteroid Bennu.

Another view of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approaching asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx performs remote sensing observations of asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx deploys its Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechansim (TAGSAM) instrument.

OSIRIS-REx collects a sample of asteroid Bennu.

Exterior view of OSIRIS-REx collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu with its Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM).

Cutaway view of the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx performs a spin maneuver to dertermine the mass of the sample.

OSIRIS-REx stores its sample of asteroid Bennu inside the Sample Return Capsule (SRC).

OSIRIS-REx returns its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth.

A 360 degree view of OSIRIS-REx.

Artist's conception of a near-Earth asteroid flying past our planet.

An animation depicting the Yarkovsky effect, the effect of solar heating on a rotating asteroid.

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This page was originally published on Friday, February 1, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.

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