A THRILLING, FIRST EVER, STEREOSCOPIC (3-D) EXPLORATION OF THE MOST HAZARDOUS ASTEROID – BENNU.
Bennu is the most dangerous asteroid in the Solar System and there is a real chance that it might strike the Earth in 2182.
In 2020 NASA’s OSIRISREx mission landed a spacecraft on Bennu and collected material from the surface for return to Earth. In September 2023 this material will arrive home and will be analysed in scientific labs worldwide – notably by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum. The results will help to answer some of our deepest questions such as: where did we come from, and what is our destiny in space. Stereo pictures of the asteroid compiled by Sir Brian May and his colleague Claudia Manzoni played a crucial role in selecting the landing site and mapping the asteroid.
