Why Bennu?
By NASA GoddardFrom BoclipsSeptember 25, 2025
The goal of the OSIRIS-REx mission is to collect a sample from an asteroid and bring it back to Earth. But just how did the OSIRIS-REx team choose Bennu from the over 500,000 known asteroids in the solar system? Watch this cartoon to find out!
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video Produced & Edited by: David Ladd
Animations by NASA's Conceptual Image Lab: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez & Bailee DesRocher
Art Director: Michael Lentz
Music provided by Killer Tracks: "Cheeky Chappy" - James Patrick Kaleth & Ross Andrew McLean
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