Touching the Asteroid

Touching the Asteroid

2020•53m•7.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(2)

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.

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Production

Terri Randall Productions, ARTE, NOVA

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Craig Sechler

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

Dante Lauretta

Self

Patrick Michel

Self

Mike Moreau

Self

Derrick Pitts

Derrick Pitts

Self

Anjani Polit

Self

Bashar Rizk

Self

Paul Sánchez

Self

Seiji Sugita

Self

Yuichi Tsuda

Self

Makoto Yoshikawa

Self

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