Episode 3 | A Match Made in Space: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu, Part II

Lockheed Martin Space Makers

In Part II, OSIRIS-Rex continues its incredible mission of collecting a sample from Bennu, an asteroid sailing through space more than 200 miles away.

With our expert, we'll take a deeper dive to into what the future may look like because of OSIRIS-REx, and what it will take to have sustained colonies on the Moon—and even Mars.

To dig deeper into the incredible mission referenced in today’s episode, please follow these links:

OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview

Mission Website

Photos of OSIRIS-REx

Video about OSIRIS-REx

How OSIRIS-REx is Returning an Asteroid Sample to Earth

Credits:

Space Makers is a production of Lockheed Martin Space.

Episode guests were Dante Lauretta from the University of Arizona, and Beau Bierhaus, Sandy Freund, and Joe Landon from Lockheed Martin. And they are Space Makers.

It's executive produced by Pavan Desai.

Senior producer is Lauren Cole.

Senior producer, writer, and host is Benjamin Dinsmore.

Associate producers and writers are Kaitlin Benz and Audrey Dods.

Sound designed and audio mastered by Julian Giraldo.

Graphic design by Tim Roesch.

Marketing and recruiting by Joe Portnoy, Shannon Myers, and Stephanie Dixon.

These stories would not be possible without the support from our space communications professionals Tracy Weise, Natalya Oleksik, Gary Napier, Lauren Duda, and Dani Hauf.