267K views · 1.9K shares | Today, NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission will attempt to capture at least 2 oz. (60 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu for return to Earth in 2023. It will be the largest sample returned from space since the Apollo program. Live coverage will begin at 5 p.m. EDT: www.nasa.gov/live Here's a close-up look at sample collection site “Nightingale:” | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

• Asteroid Bennu Full Rotation • • This series of images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows asteroid Bennu in one full rotation from about 50 miles (80 km). The spacecraft’s PolyCam camera obtained the thirty-six 2.2-millisecond frames over a period of four hours and 18 minutes. •• Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/University Of Arizona | Astronomy Nation

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