OSIRIS-REx Gets its First Close-up Photos of Asteroid Bennu

At long last, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has delivered an up close and personal view of asteroid Bennu.This composite image was created from eight shots taken by the craft’s PolyCam camera. Transmitting data back to Earth, researchers used a super-resolution algorithm to combine the photos and give us a never-before-seen look at the asteroid’s diamond shape and rocky terrain. Th