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201830 minPG-13documentary

Project Asteroid: Mapping Bennu

201830 minPG-13documentary

Engineers, professors, students, and scientists collaborate to build an instrument for NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft, which will visit the asteroid Bennu.

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Engineers, professors, students, and scientists collaborate to build an instrument for NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft, which will visit the asteroid Bennu.

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Engineers and scientists at NASA collaborate to build an instrument for the Osiris-REx spacecraft. This spacecraft is designed to reach the asteroid Bennu. The 30-minute film covers the development process of the instrument and the team’s efforts in preparing for the mission. The project aims to collect samples from Bennu and return them to Earth for study.

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