1.8K views · 32 reactions | NASA has released the first pictures from the asteroid Bennu. The pictures were taken on Tuesday during the OSIRIS-REx mission's Touch-And-Go sample collection event. | WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore | Facebook

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

12K views · 535 reactions | This series of photos shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s view of Bennu over the past several months, as it flew closer and closer to the asteroid. Yesterday, it finally arrived! Now, it will begin flying around Bennu and studying it in detail, eventually picking a spot to collect a sample in 2020. Get the details: https://go.nasa.gov/2FZE5r0 | NASA 360 | Facebook

• Asteroid 101955 Bennu Rotating 24.9.2020 • This rotating mosaic of asteroid Bennu is composed of 40 images captured by the PolyCam imager onboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft over a four-hour period on December 2, 2018. During the observation period, the spacecraft’s range to the center of the asteroid decreased from about 15.3 to 14.6 miles (24.6 to 23.5 km). • More on 101955 Bennu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu • Source: NASA Goddard Media Studios • Credit: NASA/Goddard/Universi

Why is NASA interested in Asteroid 101955 Bennu? COSI's #ChiefScientist Dr. Paul M. Sutter explains in this week's Science Now. | COSI - Center of Science and Industry

50K views · 1.9K reactions | OSIRIS-REx has spent almost two years...