10K views · 5.9K reactions | Hello, asteroid Bennu! NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission flew over two billion miles through space to meet you. Here, the spacecraft's camera captures a full rotation of the asteroid from only about 50 miles away: https://go.nasa.gov/2rhr6a3 OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for almost a year and eventually select a location to collect a sample to return to Earth. #WelcomeToBennu | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

LIVE NOW: In August, NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission caught its first view of the asteroid #Bennu. Listen from the mission team as they have discovered new science and how this new information compares to the Bennu data gathered from Earth. Watch: https://go.nasa.gov/2GaqjC0 #AGU18 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration