
Explain It Like I'm Five: Episode 1
The OSIRIS-REx Mission: Our First Asteroid Sample Return!
Life on Earth required a bunch of special ingredients to get started — but where did they come from? That’s the big question NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is helping astrobiologists answer.
In this episode of Explain it Like I’m Five, NASA’s Hannah Kaplan shows us how a spacecraft flew all the way to an asteroid named Bennu, grabbed a sample, and brought it back to Earth. And the coolest part? Those space rocks might have clues about how life began!
Directed, Shot, & Edited by Mike Toillion (NASA Astrobiology)
Produced by Tahira Allen (NASA Astrobiology)
Featuring Dr. Hannah Kaplan (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Special Appearance by Dr. Lindsay Hays (NASA)