NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm…
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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.
Name: Estelle Church Title: Systems Engineer and OSIRIS-REx Deputy TAG Phase Lead at Lockheed Martin…
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touches asteroid Bennu, it will capture NASA’s first sample from an…
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid…
NASA’s first mission to return a sample from an ancient asteroid arrived at its target,…
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation,…
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission now knows much more about the material it’ll be…
A historic moment is on the horizon for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. In just a few…
In an interplanetary faux pas, it appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta ended up on…
The asteroid, which is being studied by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, shows some surprising activity on its…
In January 2019, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting the asteroid Bennu when the spacecraft’s cameras caught…
With 2020 more than half way through, NASA is gearing up for a busy rest…
Yesterday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed its final practice run of the sampling sequence, reaching an…
NASA’s first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab a sample from asteroid…
This view of sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected…
Asteroids don’t just sit there doing nothing as they orbit the Sun. They get bombarded…
This view of sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected…
Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has teamed up with asteroid researchers to investigate striking…