A Cosmic Heist

An 18-minute radio silence. A six-second gamble. One priceless haul from 200 million miles away.
Watch the real-time heist as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx dives onto asteroid Bennu, blasts the surface, and escapes with the oldest material ever touched by human hands. From the surprise particle eruptions around Bennu to the fiery return capsule streaking over Utah, this film reveals how a school-bus-sized robot swiped a sample of cosmic history—and what scientists found hidden inside that black dust.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ./SSI
Music: Epidemic Sound

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