Four Sample Sites (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Four Sample Sites

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These are images of the four candidate sample collection sites on asteroid Bennu: Nightingale, Kingfisher, Osprey and Sandpiper. One of these four sites will ultimately be the location on which NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will touch down to collect a sample.

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NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

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