Episode 6 | Stranger Things: The Case of the Spitting Asteroid

Lockheed Martin Space Makers

Space is a fascinating and mysterious place that often redefines science as we know it. And this couldn’t be more true than with the asteroid Bennu.

As the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx got close to this ancient interstellar object, they noticed something strange happening. Listen to this episode to hear why scientists think this peculiar event is happening.

To take a deeper dive into the incredible mission in this episode, please follow the links below:

OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview

Mission Website

Photos of OSIRIS-REx

Video about OSIRIS-REx

How OSIRIS-REx is Returning an Asteroid Sample to Earth

Credits:

Space Makers is a production of Lockheed Martin Space.

Episode guests were Dante Lauretta from the University of Arizona, and Beau Bierhaus, Sandy Freund, and Joe Landon from Lockheed Martin. And they are Space Makers.

It's executive produced by Pavan Desai.

Senior producer is Lauren Cole.

Senior producer, writer, and host is Benjamin Dinsmore.

Associate producers and writers are Kaitlin Benz and Audrey Dods.

Sound designed and audio mastered by Julian Giraldo.

Graphic design by Tim Roesch.

Marketing and recruiting by Joe Portnoy, Shannon Myers, and Stephanie Dixon.

These stories would not be possible without the support from our space communications professionals Tracy Weise, Natalya Oleksik, Gary Napier, Lauren Duda, and Dani Hauf.