OSIRIS-REx Leaves its Mark on Bennu

Like boot prints on the Moon, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Bennu. Now, new images — taken during the spacecraft’s final fly-over on April 7, 2021 — reveal the aftermath of the historic Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample acquisition event from Oct. 20, 2020. Read more: Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center James Tralie (ADNET): Lead Producer Lead Editor Narrator Mikayla Kelley (The University of Arizona): Writer Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC): Writer Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (USRA): Animator Michael Lentz (USRA): Art Director Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Kel Elkins (USRA): Lead Visualizer Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona): Principal Investigator Jason Dworkin (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Michael Moreau (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Music is “Go for Launch“ by David Scott Butler of Universal Production Music This video can be shared and downloaded from NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization studio at: If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram · Twitter · Twitter · Facebook: · Flickr