Touching the Asteroid (S47E14)
S47E14
In October 2020, NASA's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx embarks on a mission to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth. The team has a limited window of three attempts to deploy the spacecraft's unique arm, land for five seconds, and gather surface material. Successfully achieving this could provide valuable information about the origins of our planet and equip scientists with strategies to protect against potential asteroid threats in the future. (Premiering October 21, 2020, at 9 pm on PBS)
Show
The Delivery Man
Episode
S47E14
Air Date
Oct 21, 2020
Season 47 Episodes
S47E01
Polar Extremes
S47E02
Dog Tales
S47E03
Cat Tales
S47E04
Mysteries of Sleep
S47E05
Cuba's Cancer Hope
S47E06
The Truth About Fat
S47E07
Decoding COVID-19
S47E08
Eagle Power
S47E09
Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check
S47E10
Secret Mind of Slime
S47E11
A to Z: The First Alphabet
S47E12
A to Z: How Writing Changed the World
S47E13
Nature's Fear Factor
S47E14
Touching the Asteroid
S47E15
Can We Cool the Planet?
S47E16
Saving Notre Dame