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The lifetime of space missions can be measured in decades, not years. From designing, building, launching, sampling and finally returning home, follow the #NASAExplorers of OSIRIS-REx as they enter the final stretch of their quest to sample asteroid Bennu.

Catch up with NASA Explorers, also streaming on https://plus.nasa.gov.

Created by: James Tralie
Producers: James Tralie, Dan Gallagher, Lauren Ward, Katy Mersmann
Scientists: Dante Lauretta, Mike Moreau, Jason Dworkin, Nicole Lunning
Operations: Kenny Getzandanner, Richard Witherspoon, Anjani Polit
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, John Caldwell
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim, James Tralie, Bailee DesRocher, Jacquelyn DeMink, Lisa Poje
Sound Design: James Tralie
Data Visualization: Kel Elkins
NASA+ Executive Producer: Rebecca Sirmons

Music provided by Universal Production Music: “Precious Swirl” by Brice Davoli; “Touch of Eternity” by Sergey Azbel; “Unstoppable Urge” by Frederik Wiedmann; “Darkness to Light” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Ill Will” by Edgard Jaude; “Above the Sea of Fog” by Alan Myson; “A Human Solution” by Ty Unwin; “Darkened” by Alan Myson; “Texture” by Alan Myson; “Hope After Dark” by Cyrus Reynolds; “Out of Time” by Alan Myson; “The Untold Story” by Joni Amelia Fuller; “Confronting Your Fears” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Collapse” by Tom Sue and Zach Singer; “Rebellion” by Sergey Azbel; “Majestic Oceans” by Paul Englishby; “Wide Eyes” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Bleak Outlook” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Fifth Wave” by Alan Myson; “Preoccupied” by David Ashok Ramani and Jonathan Elias; “The Dark Veil” by Rob Manning; “Nutcracker – Waltz of the Flowers” by Piotr Tchaikovsky; “Limitless” by Alan Myson

Credit: NASA

It was Touch-and-Go there for a few seconds…literally!

OSIRIS-REx had only six seconds to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu – in a maneuver called TAG, or Touch-and-Go – while the #NASAExplorers behind the mission waited anxiously from 200 million miles away.

Catch up with NASA Explorers, also streaming on https://plus.nasa.gov.

Created by: James Tralie
Producers: James Tralie, Dan Gallagher, Lauren Ward, Katy Mersmann
Scientists: Dante Lauretta, Mike Moreau
Operations: Beau Bierhaus, Coralie Adam
Broadcast Hosts: Michelle Thaller, James Tralie, Gary Napier, Nancy Neal Jones
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, John Caldwell
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim, James Tralie, Bailee DesRocher, Jacquelyn DeMink, Lisa Poje
Sound Design: James Tralie
Data Visualization: Kel Elkins
NASA+ Executive Producer: Rebecca Sirmons

Music provided by Universal Production Music: “Voyager” by Jeremy Stack; “Moment in Time” by David Thomas Connolly; “Held” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Unstoppable Urge” by Frederik Wiedmann; “King of the Mountain” by Steven David Fay; “Night Watch” by Jeremy Stack; “Shadow Shifter” by Michael James Burns; “Follow the Drinking Gourd” by Kavin Hoo; “Conquering” by Alan Myson; “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy; “Human Stories” by Dominic Francis Glynn; “Marked for Flight” by Kavin Hoo; “Never End” by Sergey Azbel; “Getting Things Done” by Theodore Vidgen; “Dark String Bend” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “First Rains” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Natural Wonders” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Successful Return” by Alan Boyd; “Frosty Dawn” by Benji Paul Merrison and Will Slater; “Starfall” by Sergey Azbel; “Lost Thought” by Adriano Aponte

Credit: NASA

When it comes to space exploration, expect the unexpected. As OSIRIS-REx approached asteroid Bennu, scientists were surprised to find a loosely packed rubble pile. This week, #NASAExplorers get a closer look at Bennu and the surprises in store.

Watch this series and more on NASA+, our no cost, ad-free streaming service. No subscription required. https://plus.nasa.gov

Created by: James Tralie
Producers: James Tralie, Dan Gallagher, Lauren Ward, Katy Mersmann
Scientists: Dante Lauretta, Dani DellaGiustina, Mike Moreau
Engineers: Anjani Polit, Ryan Olds, Sandy Freund
Operations: Kenny Getzandanner, David Lorenz
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, John Caldwell
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim, James Tralie, Bailee DesRocher, Jacquelyn DeMink, Lisa Poje
Sound Design: James Tralie
Data Visualization: Kel Elkins
NASA+ Executive Producer: Rebecca Sirmons

Credit: NASA

A journey of a billion miles and back begins with a launch.

OSIRIS-REx’s goal: Travel to asteroid Bennu, collect a sample, and return it home. But why Bennu? Meet the NASA Explorers looking for clues to our early solar system in a sample of asteroid rock.

It’s not rockets and satellites that make NASA soar. It’s people. Go inside the space agency and follow the pioneers, risk-takers and experts at the frontline of exploration. This season, follow along with the OSIRIS-REx team, as they launch a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect a sample of Bennu, and bring it home to Earth.

Watch this series and more on NASA+, our no cost, ad-free streaming service. No subscription required. https://plus.nasa.gov

Created by: James Tralie
Producers: James Tralie, Dan Gallagher, Lauren Ward, Katy Mersmann
Scientists: Dante Lauretta, Mike Drake, Dani DellaGiustina, Christina Richey, Jason Dworkin, Rich Kuhns, Sandy Freund, Olivia Billett
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, John Caldwell
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim, James Tralie, Bailee DesRocher, Jacquelyn DeMink, Lisa Poje
Sound Design: James Tralie
Data Visualization: Kel Elkins
NASA+ Executive Producer: Rebecca Sirmons

Music provided by Universal Production Music: “Vortex” Tom Sue and Zac Singerz; “Tested to the Limit” Krantz; “Interstellar” Alan Myson; “Ascension” Alan Myson; “In a Perfect World” Angus Pendergast; “Tough Terrain” Ty Unwin; “Do Androids Dream” Aidan Lavelle; “Kyoto Vision” Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “Presidential Destiny” Laurent Dury; “Driving Force” Ben Niblett and Jon Cotton; “Break the Rules” Tihomir Hristozov; “Deadlock” Dean McGinnes; “Final Preparations” Alan Boyd; “Tundra Sunrise” Ty Unwin; “Zero In” Airglo; “Stepping out of the Darkness” Ty Unwin; “Dark Intensity” Jeremy Smith; “Regeneration” Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “Warm Drift” Alan Myson; “Distant Suns” Jason Soudah; “Scenes of Devastation” Benji Merrison and Will Slater; “Look to the Stars” Alan Boyd; “Warming” Benji Merrison and Will Slater

Credit: NASA

When Artemis astronauts land on the Moon, they’ll travel to sites never before visited by humans. Namely, they’ll explore the South Pole region, home to the Moon’s largest crater, areas of near-constant light and deep shadows, and some of the coldest temperatures in the solar system.

Exploring the South Pole will teach us more about the Moon’s history, as well as the history of our solar system. It’s home to frozen water, which is crucial for living sustainably on the lunar surface and exploring deeper into the solar system.

Artemis astronauts will explore the Moon on behalf of all of us and bring back lunar rocks and soil for analyses by generations of scientists who will help us gain unimaginable insights into our cosmic history.

Series Executive Producers: Katy Mersmann/Lauren Ward
Season Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman/Stephanie Sipila/James Tralie/Molly Wasser

Explorers: Jose Aponte/Natalie Curran/Julie Mitchell/Adam Naids/Noah Petro/Kelsey Young/Jessica Watkins

Music:

a. “Daylight Falls” by Jay Price
b. “Good Omens” by Count Zero and Rohan Stevenson
c. “Lightspeed” by Gresby Race Nash
d. “Wonders of Life” by Enrico Cacace and Lorzeno Castellarin
e. “Hold Still” by Enrico Cacace
f. “We Shall Overcome” by Laurent Couson

Credit: NASA

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Before Jessica Watkins was an astronaut, she was a geologist. Now working on the International Space Station, Jessica and her fellow astronauts are preparing to explore the Moon and beyond.

But collecting and investigating rocks on other worlds is very different from digging dirt here on Earth. That’s where tools engineer Adam Naids comes in. Tools designed for Earth geologists may not work in the lower gravity and extreme temperatures of the Moon, and that’s before you bring in the bulky spacesuits! NASA Explorers come together at space school to train astronauts to conduct science on the Moon.

Series Executive Producers: Katy Mersmann/Lauren Ward
Season Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman/Stephanie Sipila/James Tralie/Molly Wasser

Explorers: Jessica Watkins/Adam Naids/Kelsey Young

Music:
a. “Iced Planet” by Anthony Edwin Phillips and Samuel Karl Bohn
b. “The Deep” by Paul Werner
c. “Carpe Diem” by Michael James Burns
d. “State of Matter” by Markus Gleissner
e. “A Grand Enterprise” by Daniel Marantz and Dave Carr
f. “Optimistic Attitude 1″ by Joel Goodman and Vicente Julio Ortiz Gimeno
g. “Dawn Beauty” Laurent Dury
h. “Take it Lightly” by Carl David Harms
i. “Imaginary Travel” by Claude Pelouse and Olivier Grim

Credit: NASA

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Meet NASA’s rock detectives. Using tiny samples of lunar rock brought back by Apollo astronauts, these NASA Explorers are looking into the origins of our Moon, our planet, and ourselves. They might be among the first scientists to study samples from the Moon’s South Pole that will be delivered to Earth by Artemis astronauts. In episode 2 of “NASA Explorers: Artemis Generation,” we’re joining scientists like Natalie Curran and Jose Aponte, who are looking at clues buried in Moon rocks.

Series Executive Producers: Katy Mersmann/Lauren Ward
Season Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman/Stephanie Sipila/James Tralie/Molly Wasser

Explorers: Natalie Curran/Jose Aponte

Music:
1. “Darwin’s Extraordinary Journey” by Laurent Dury
2. “From Small Beginnings” by Jay Price
3. “Life Eternal” by Enrico Cacace and Lorenzo Castellarin
4. “All is Good” by Anders Niska and Klas Johan Wahl
5. “Hyperion” by Gresby Race Nash

Credit: NASA

#NASAExplorers #Artemis #NASA