About Space Only's video: OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu

Captured on Oct. 20, 2020, during the OSIRIS-REx mission's Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of 82 images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface. The sampling event brought the spacecraft all the way down to sample site Nightingale, and the team on Earth received confirmation of successful touchdown at 22:08 UTC. Preliminary data show the sampling head touched Bennu’s surface for approximately 6 seconds, after which the spacecraft performed a back-away burn. Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center James Tralie (ADNET): Lead Producer, Lead Editor Kel Elkins (USRA): Visualizer Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA): Animator Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (USRA): Art Director Erin Morton (The University of Arizona): Support Nancy Neal-Jones (NASA/GSFC): Support Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Music is "Event Horizon" by Jochen Reinhold Flach of Universal Production Music.