OSIRIS-REx Departure from Bennu Trailer

At approximately 4:16 p.m. EDT on May 10, 2021, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for seven minutes and start its long journey home with more than 60 grams (2.1 ounces) of asteroid material in its Sample Return Capsule.

NASA invites the public and the media to watch NASA's first asteroid sample return mission leave Bennu and begin its cruise home on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/live May 10 at 4 p.m. EDT. The public can ask questions about the mission on NASA's Solar System Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/nasasolarsystem/

More on OSIRIS-REx: https://nasa.gov/osiris-rex

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

James Tralie (ADNET):
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Walt Feimer (KBRwyle):
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Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA):
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Michael Lentz (USRA):
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Krystofer Kim (USRA):
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Jonathan North (USRA):
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Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET):
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Music is "Arise" from Jose Tomas Novoa Espinosa and Sebastian Felipe Olivares de Simone, via Universal Production Music

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