Surveying Nightingale: OSIRIS-REx Collects Key Data from Primary Sample Site
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/UA
The OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft completed a 0.4-mile flyover of site Nightingale, which is OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site, located in a crater in the northern hemisphere of Bennu. The spacecraft left its orbit and flew an 11-hour transit over Bennu, while aiming the instruments toward the site before returning to orbit. The main goal of this flyover was to collect imagery to document the sample collection site’s surface and its features.
