OSIRIS-REx Sample Location

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Author name
Dale Utt
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Sketchfab
Polygon Count
281,775
Release Date
2020-10-22
License
CC BY 4.0
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[From the mission website](https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=osiris-rex-tags-asteroid-bennu): > Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles (321 million km) away from Earth. The sampling event brought the spacecraft all the way down to sample site Nightingale, touching down within three feet (one meter) of the targeted location. The team on Earth received confirmation at 6:08 pm EDT that successful touchdown occurred. Seeing the awesome images of the TAG event, I decided to throw them into RC to create a simple model of the surface. This is what came out! ![](https://www.asteroidmission.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SamCam_approach_and_TAG_37x_2.gif)