Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
On Dec. 3, 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at its destination: an ancient near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. Members of the mission team reflect on what we will learn by collecting a sample from Bennu, the milestones the mission has reached so far, and the challenges ahead.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
On Dec. 3, 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at its destination: an ancient near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. Members of the mission team reflect on what we will learn by collecting a sample from Bennu, the milestones the mission has reached so far, and the challenges ahead.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center










