The Coming Descent to Asteroid Bennu _on Planetary Radio
OSIRIS-REx mission leader Dante Lauretta takes us to mysterious asteroid Bennu where a first sample collection site has been selected. After a year of circling close to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS REx spacecraft is almost ready to dip down and collect a surface sample for return to labs on our home planet. Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta prepares us for this exciting event and shares the great science already accomplished. Hear and learn more and enter the weekly space trivia contest at https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2020/0122-2020-dante-lauretta-osiris-rex.html
Featured Speakers: OSIRIS REx mission PI Dante Lauretta, Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts, Host Mat Kaplan
This show was broadcast on January 28, 2020.