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Bennu's Journey

Source: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab. Music composed by Steven Archer
Published: December 2, 2018

Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system.

More information and download options are available from NASA's Conceptual Image Lab.

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