Cosmic Cycles 6 Travelers
Overview
Nomads of the solar system, small objects like asteroids and comets wander among the planets. Messengers from the distant past, many of these small bodies include debris from the formation of the solar system and carry clues about its origins and the rise of life on Earth. NASA has visited some of them, recently reaching and then touching the asteroid Bennu to collect samples of rock unchanged for nearly 5 billion years.
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Imaging Asteroid Bennu
Go to this pageOSIRIS-REx's imagery of Asteroid Bennu from its arrival on December 3, 2018 to its final imagery on April 7th, 2021. Music is "Greatest Divide" from Andrew Leslie Spiller, Daniel Burrows, Daniel William David Mallender, and Thomas Richard Hill of Universal Production Music. || 13857_OREx_Imagery.01360_print.jpg (1024x576) [182.1 KB] || 13857_OREx_Imagery.01360_searchweb.png (320x180) [43.7 KB] || 13857_OREx_Imagery.01360_thm.png (80x40) [2.8 KB] || 13857_OREx_Imagery_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [182.4 MB] || 13857_OREx_Imagery_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [35.0 MB] || 13857_OREx_Imagery.webm (960x540) [75.4 MB] || 13857_caption.en_US.srt [3.8 KB] || 13857_caption.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] || 13857_OREx_Imagery.mp4 (3840x2160) [208.3 MB] ||
Tour of Asteroid Bennu
Go to this pageTake a narrated tour of asteroid Bennu’s remarkable terrain. Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Timelapse Clouds” by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “The Wilderness” by Benjamin James Parsons; “Maps of Deception” by Idriss-El-Mehdi Bennani, Olivier Louis Perrot, and Philippe Andre VandenhendeWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || TourBennuPreview_print.jpg (1024x576) [213.1 KB] || TourBennuPreview.png (1920x1080) [1.6 MB] || TourBennuPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [755.2 KB] || TourBennuPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [60.8 KB] || TourBennuPreview_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || TWITTER_720_13729_Tour_Bennu_MASTER_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [56.7 MB] || TourBennuCaptions.en_US.srt [6.5 KB] || TourBennuCaptions.en_US.vtt [6.2 KB] || 13729_Tour_Bennu_MASTER.mov (1920x1080) [4.4 GB] || YOUTUBE_1080_13729_Tour_Bennu_MASTER_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [504.4 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_13729_Tour_Bennu_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [355.0 MB] || 13729_Tour_Bennu_MASTER.webm (960x540) [130.6 MB] ||
OSIRIS-REx Meets Bennu’s Surprises
Go to this pageRecapping surprises at Bennu and achievements of the OSIRIS-REx mission before the TAG event in October.Music is "Growing Idea" from Universal Production Music || 13718_surprises.03306_print.jpg (1024x576) [126.9 KB] || 13718_thumb.jpg (3840x2160) [785.3 KB] || 13718_surprises.03306_searchweb.png (320x180) [105.3 KB] || 13718_surprises.03306_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || 13718_surprises_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [149.0 MB] || 13718_surprises_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [26.9 MB] || 13718_surprises.webm (960x540) [62.3 MB] || 13718_surprises.en_US.srt [3.4 KB] || 13718_surprises.en_US.vtt [3.2 KB] || 13718_surprises.mp4 (3840x2160) [170.1 MB] ||
Asteroid Bennu’s Surprising Surface Revealed by OSIRIS-REx
Go to this pageWhen OSIRIS-REx touched down on asteroid Bennu, it encountered a surface of loose rocks and pebbles just barely held together by gravity.Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Subsurface” by Ben Niblett and Jon CottonWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || TAG_Science_Preview_4_print.jpg (1024x576) [182.1 KB] || TAG_Science_Preview_4.png (3840x2160) [10.5 MB] || TAG_Science_Preview_4.jpg (3840x2160) [902.0 KB] || TAG_Science_Preview_4_searchweb.png (180x320) [109.2 KB] || TAG_Science_Preview_4_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || 14179_TAG_Science_SHORT_Facebook.mp4 (1920x1080) [127.7 MB] || 14179_TAG_Science_SHORT_Twitter.mp4 (1280x720) [22.5 MB] || 14179_TAG_Science_SHORT_Twitter.webm (1280x720) [10.5 MB] || 14179_TAG_Science_SHORT_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [5.0 GB] || 14179_TAG_Science_SHORT_Captions.en_US.srt [2.0 KB] || 14179_TAG_Science_SHORT_Captions.en_US.vtt [1.9 KB] ||
A Web Around Asteroid Bennu
Go to this pageOFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 SIGGRAPH COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVALOver the course of two-and-a-half years, OSIRIS-REx wrapped asteroid Bennu in a complex web of observations. Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Visionary” by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “Babel” by Max Cameron ConcorsWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || Web_Around_Bennu_Preview_SIGGRAPH_print.jpg (1024x576) [211.0 KB] || Web_Around_Bennu_Preview_SIGGRAPH.png (3840x2160) [7.3 MB] || Web_Around_Bennu_Preview_SIGGRAPH.jpg (3840x2160) [1.3 MB] || TWITTER_720_13856_Web_Around_Bennu_MASTER_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [51.4 MB] || 13856_Web_Around_Bennu_Captions.en_US.srt [5.8 KB] || 13856_Web_Around_Bennu_Captions.en_US.vtt [5.6 KB] || YOUTUBE_1080_13856_Web_Around_Bennu_MASTER_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [394.4 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_13856_Web_Around_Bennu_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [304.0 MB] || 13856_Web_Around_Bennu_MASTER.webm (960x540) [111.7 MB] || 13856_Web_Around_Bennu_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [33.6 GB] || 13856_Web_Around_Bennu_YouTube_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [3.5 GB] ||
DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Go to this pageThe DART mission is NASA's demonstration of kinetic impactor technology, impacting an asteroid to adjust its speed and path. DART was the first-ever space mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection by kinetic impactor. It impacted the moonlet Dimorphos on September 26, 2022. ||
Hubble Views Aftermath of DART Impact
Go to this pageThe DART mission will deploy a kinetic impactor to smack the small moon Dimorphos of the asteroid Didymos on the evening of Sept. 26. This is an on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection, a key test of NASA's kinetic impactor technology, designed to impact an asteroid to adjust its speed and path. This particular asteroid moon is NOT a threat to Earth, but is technology being explored to use for when we DO find a potentially hazardous asteroid.The Hubble Space Telescope captured these extraordinary views of the asteroid moon soon after the successful impact.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Music & Sound“The Beauty Beyond” by Jeremy Noel William Abbott [PRS] and Vasco [PRS] via Freshworx Music Limited [PRS] and Universal Production Music ||