NASA’s Johnson Space Center team overcame technical challenges to access more of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid…
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OSIRIS-REx is a NASA asteroid study and sample-return mission that was launched in September 2016. The mission’s main objective is to travel to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, survey the asteroid up close, collect surface material, and return the samples to Earth for analysis. Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid, and studying its composition may provide insights into the early solar system and the origins of life on Earth. The spacecraft successfully collected samples from Bennu in October 2020 and returned to Earth with the samples in September 2023.
The former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx successfully returned samples from Bennu, despite a minor parachute deployment issue caused by…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission learned much about the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu and its risk to…
NASA successfully collected 70 grams from asteroid Bennu, surpassing their 60-gram goal. Despite challenges with…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, while not initially intended for stereoscopic imaging, benefited from the expertise of…
NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample indicates high-carbon content and water, suggesting potential building blocks for life…
As the astromaterials curation team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center continues to collect the bonus…
After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample collection from asteroid Bennu exceeded expectations in material quantity, slowing the curation…
Richard Binzel describes how asteroid dirt and dust delivered by OSIRIS-Rex, with help from MIT,…
NASA found debris on the OSIRIS-REx canister, which will be carefully disassembled at the Johnson…
NASA’s Johnson Space Center received the first U.S. asteroid sample from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission achieved success by safely returning a capsule with asteroid Bennu samples to…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule has safely returned asteroid Bennu samples to Earth, landing in Utah after…
With the spacecraft diverted away from Earth and traveling toward its new destination, the focus…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft completed its final task for this mission when it released its sample…
Doppler data indicates that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released its sample capsule toward Earth at 6:42…