OSIRIS-REx Leaves its Mark on Asteroid Bennu

New images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on April 7, 2021 show how the spacecraft's Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample acquisition event impacted the surface of asteroid Bennu. Like boot prints on the Moon, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Bennu. Now, new images — taken during the spacecraft's final fly-over on April 7, 2021 — reveal the aftermath of the historic Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample acquisition event from October 20th, 2020. Music is "Go for Launch" by David Scott Butler of Universal Production Music This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13425 Credits NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/James Tralie If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center • Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard • Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard • Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC • Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc