Podcasts Science Astronomy Planetary Radio Last Week, Mars. This week, An Asteroid Called Bennu.

Last Week, Mars. This week, An Asteroid Called Bennu.

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 4 p.m.

b'The InSight lander has only just arrived on Mars. Now, OSIRIS REx has reached asteroid Bennu after traveling through deep space for a year and a half. We\\u2019ll talk with the Planetary Society\\u2019s Jason Davis about this mission that will bring a sample of Bennu back to Earth after it has learned all it can over the next 19 months. We\\u2019ll also hear from the young student who gave the asteroid its name. Then we\\u2019ll return to the Red Planet for a conversation with the leader of the InSight mission, Bruce Banerdt. We\\u2019ve got very special prizes for this week\\u2019s What\\u2019s Up space trivia contest. Learn more at:\\xa0 http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1205-2018-osiris-rex-bruce-banerdt-insight-pi.html'