Why Did NASA Choose Asteroid Bennu?

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OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to retrieve a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth. So, of the more than one million known asteroids in our solar system, why did NASA choose the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for its target? Three factors made Bennu ideal: proximity to Earth, the right size and spin rate, and a carbon-rich composition. Now, scientists studying the Bennu samples are learning more about the history of our solar system and the origins of life – thanks to this one-in-a-million asteroid. Learn more about OSIRIS-REx and asteroid Bennu: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/osiris-rex Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Chris Burns: Producer/Editor Dan Gallagher: Writer/Director Lauren Ward: Narrator Kel Elkins: Data Visualizer Chris Meaney: Animator Michael Lentz: Animator Lisa Poje: Animator Walt Feimer: Animator Josh Masters: Animator Jason Dworkin: Scientist Amy A. Simon: Scientist Michael Starobin: Support Sami Aziz: Support Erin Moton: Support Alana Johnson: Support Rani Gran: Public Affairs Rachel Barry: Public Affairs Universal Production Music: “Spin Foam” by Mauricio Loseto [PRS], Ninja Tune Production Music [PRS] This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14398. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found her

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