× ELECTION Coverage of Arizona's election with all-day analysis and live results beginning at 8pm.Election CoverageElection Results
  1. News
 / Modified nov 8, 2020 4:19 p.m.

OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go

A behind-the-scenes look at the successful capture of dust and pebbles from the surface of an ancient asteroid more than 200 million miles from Earth. (11:14).
by Bryan Nelson

On October 20th, 2020, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm and briefly touched one of the oldest objects in our solar system - the asteroid Bennu - and captured a sample of material to bring back to Earth. The moment was the pinnacle of this record-making mission, an example of the scientific ingenuity and engineering acumen of the team behind it at the University of Arizona... and we were there to capture every anxious and exhilarating moment as the event unfolded.

Producer: Bryan Nelson
Editors: Bryan Nelson, Martin Rubio
Videographers: Nate Huffman, Martin Rubio, Bryan Nelson

MORE: Arizona Illustrated S7, Arizona Illustrated Science and Tech, OSIRIS-REx
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona