Oct 22, 2020
53 min
Full-HD

Touching the Asteroid (2020)

Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Terri Randall Productions ARTE NOVA

Craig Sechler

Narrator (voice)

Coralie Adam

Self

Beau Bierhaus

Self

Maitrayee Bose

Self

Daniella DellaGiustina

Self

Sandra Freund

Self

Vicky Hamilton

Self

David Jewitt

Self

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