7.9K views · 405 reactions | Throughout our respective orbits, Bennu is sometimes more than 200 million miles away from Earth and sometimes as close as 278,867 miles. Its orbit brings it close to us about every six years. #ToBennuAndBack https://go.nasa.gov/2FKURLf | NASA Earth | Facebook

183K views · 2.4K shares | Our first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will launch Thursday to venture to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The mission seeks to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect their orbital paths, and the origins of life in the solar system. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook