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Smithsonian To Open First Public Display of Asteroid Bennu Sample Collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission

This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected Dec. 2, 2018, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 kilometers). The image was obtained at a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

NMNH in Review: How an Asteroid Sample Traveled From Outer Space to the Museum’s Mineral Hall

After a 500 million mile journey, a piece of the asteroid Bennu is now on display at the Smithsonian. But how did it get here? Ellyn Lapointe The Smithsonian is the first institution to display a ...
Space.com

NASA picks 3 museums to display OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples

The three venues in Washington, D.C., Houston and Tucson have been told to be ready by mid-November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
Space.com

Smithsonian debuts 1st display of asteroid Bennu sample brought back by OSIRIS-REx

"It was sort of the Goldilocks effect — this one was too big, that one was a little too small and they found one that was just right." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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You Can See NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample In Person: Here’s How

The outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector after its return to Earth. The crumbly black material is from asteroid Bennu. Dark bits and pieces of a faraway space rock will go on display on November ...