Project Asteroid : Mapping Bennu / American Public Television.

In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu and collect samples that might provide answers to the origins of life. "Project Asteroid: Mapping Bennu" documents the construction of one of the critical instruments on board...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
American Public Television (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : American Public Television, [2017]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Outer space > Exploration.
Physical sciences.
Solar system.
Space flight.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 43 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu and collect samples that might provide answers to the origins of life. "Project Asteroid: Mapping Bennu" documents the construction of one of the critical instruments on board the spacecraft: the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTES), the first space instrument to be built entirely on the Arizona State University campus. The documentary, in the making since 2012, takes viewers behind the scenes as it follows the efforts of a team of engineers, professors, students, and scientists led by the ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration’s project manager Philip Christensen. "Project Asteroid" follows the OTES team as it counts down to the mission launch date and profiles selected team members who give their personal perspectives on the challenges and rewards of this high-stakes undertaking.
Note:Originally released by American Public Television, 2017.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 30, 2019.
Interest Grade Level:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description