NASA mission touches down on asteroid Bennu to collect sample(1/3)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of the Nightingale site on asteroid Bennu, April 29, 2020. (Photo/Agencies)

Photo shows sample site Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. The image is overlaid with a graphic of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to illustrate the scale of the site. (Photo/Agencies)

Photo shows the sampling arm of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during a rehearsal for an approach to the "Nightingale" sample site on the surface of the asteroid Bennu. (Photo/Agencies)