OSIRIS-REx - Asteroid Bennu candidate sample sites (4K UHD)

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has as primary science objective to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth. After mapping the asteroid’s surface, four candidate sample sites have been selected: Nightingale, Kingfisher, Osprey and Sandpiper. The candidate sample sites refer to birds that can be found in Egypt, as the asteroid is named after the mythological Bennu bird. The the final two sites, a primary and a backup sampling site, will be selected in December 2019.

Credits:
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
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