The latest from asteroid Benu via Osiris Rex this week on planetary radio.

Welcome, I'm at Kaplan, of the Planetary Society, with more of a human adventure across our

solar system and beyond.

A slightly abbreviated show this time, but we've still got great stuff for you including a mission

update from Osiris Rex principal investigator Dante Loretta. His spacecraft is

now orbiting Benu where the search for a sample collection site is already

underway. Now I know you always stay for my what's up conversations with

planetary society chief scientist Bruce Betts.

There's even more reason to do so today.

Five winners of the New Space Trivia Contest are going to receive

Blu-ray copies of First Man, starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong.

And a couple of you are also going to receive either Extronaut or Constellations, the Great Space Exploration

and Astronomy board Games from our guest, Dante Loretta.

Yes, he creates games that share the passion, beauty, and joy,

but Dante is first and foremost a scientist. He is a professor of planetary science

and cosmo chemistry at the University of Arizona's lunar and planetary lab.

That's also where he leads the Osiris Rex Mission.

Pay attention because I'm only going to say this once.

It stands for Origins Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security Regolith Explorer.

The spacecraft's main goal is to collect and return a sample of Bennu, though, as you're about to hear,

the mission has already begun sending home great images and data.

Dante, welcome back to Planetary Radio and congratulations on the enormous exciting success of Osiris Rex.

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