What better way to celebrate #StarTrekDay than preparing to explore a strange new world right here on Earth? A sample of asteroid Bennu is set to land in Utah on Sept. 24. Last week, the team rehearsed retrieving the sample capsule. Let’s make it so! https://go.nasa.gov/45DDa6N | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

• Asteroid 101955 Bennu Rotating 24.9.2020 • This rotating mosaic of asteroid Bennu is composed of 40 images captured by the PolyCam imager onboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft over a four-hour period on December 2, 2018. During the observation period, the spacecraft’s range to the center of the asteroid decreased from about 15.3 to 14.6 miles (24.6 to 23.5 km). • More on 101955 Bennu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu • Source: NASA Goddard Media Studios • Credit: NASA/Goddard/Universi