NASA
NASA | OSIRIS-REx Investigates Asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS-REx will visit a Near Earth asteroid called Bennu and return with samples that may hold clues to the origins of the solar system and perhaps life itself. It will also investigate the asteroid's chance of impacting Earth in 2182....
NASA
NASA | Playing Tag With an Asteroid
What's the best way get a sample of an asteroid? Play tag with it! That's the plan for OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft that will approach the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The collection will be done with an instrument on board called the...
NASA
OSIRIS-REx: Above and Beyond
Since arriving at asteroid Bennu in Dec. 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has achieved many feats – from setting a record-breaking orbit, to mapping the asteroid’s surface better than any planetary body. The mission is now preparing to...
NASA
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx: Mission to Bennu
OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program. Its goal is to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu, a remnant from the dawn of the solar system, and to return a sample of Bennu to Earth in 2023. OSIRIS-REx launched in...
Next Animation Studio
NASA selects asteroid target site for spacecraft to sample
NASA has selected a target site for the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx to gather samples on the asteroid Bennu.
NASA
To Bennu and Back
NASA's latest New Frontiers mission, OSIRIS-REx, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect asteroids' orbital paths and their potential for impacting Earth,...
NASA
OSIRIS-REx Meets Bennu’s Surprises
The OSIRIS-REx team has already pushed the boundaries of scientific exploration — going from ground-based radar images from Arecibo in Puerto Rico all the way to orbiting a few hundred meters from asteroid Bennu. The team is mere days...
NASA
NASA | OSIRIS-REx Targets NEO
Near-Earth Objects, or NEO's, cross our planet's orbit on a regular basis, but only a handful are large enough to pose a threat. One of these objects is asteroid 1999 RQ36, a "leftover" from the formation of our solar system...
Astrum
What has NASA's OSIRIS-REx discovered around the asteroid Bennu?
NASA's OSIRIS-REx has now been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a year already, but what has it discovered so far?
Next Animation Studio
Mummy with golden tongue found in Egypt
Egyptologists theorize the golden tongue would have helped the deceased to ‘speak to Osiris’ in the afterlife.
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Asteroid Hunting
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will attempt a daring feat: to briefly reach out its mechanical arm and grab a sample from an asteroid’s surface. Dante Lauretta, Heather Enos, and Ron Mink introduce you to NASA’s asteroid hunter and what...
60 Second Histories
Egyptian gods - part 1
An Egyptian priestess describes some of the Egyptian gods and what they represented; covering Ra, Geb, Nut and Shu
Curated Video
Egypt, Abydos - Temple of Sety I - Hall of Osiris
Egypt, Abydos - Temple of Sety I - Hall of Osiris
Curated Video
NASA Set to Launch Mission for Asteroid Sample
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY/ PART MUST COURTESY NASA TVSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 17 August 2016++QUALITY AS INCOMING++++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASHES++1. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Green, Director...
Curated Video
NASA Set to Launch Mission for Asteroid Sample
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 17 August 2016++QUALITY AS INCOMING++1. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Green, Director of Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters: ++STARTS ON WIDE...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : After 15 months of inactivity, Argentina's hotel industry is "totally hopeless"
It's totally hopeless, it's not a matter of waiting for an opening next week, next month, but waiting to see what happens in October (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
NASA Spacecraft Begins Journey Back To Earth With Asteroid Sample
After nearly five years in space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its 1.4-billion-mile trek back to Earth which will take about 2.5 years.
PBS
Pbs: Egypt's Golden Kingdom: Religion
Figuring out the universe was important to early societies. Read about Egyptian religious practices in honoring their gods, burial rites, and interpretation of the afterlife. Be sure to watch the PBS video. Requires RealPlayer.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Ancient Egypt: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce some of the basic concepts associated with the art and culture of ancient Egypt. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Ancient Egypt."