The asteroid probe set two records: Bennu is the smallest body a spacecraft has ever orbited (the space rock has a diameter of 1,640 feet, or 500 meters), and OSIRIS-REx performed the closest ...

Inside the capsule is 2 ounces (60 grams) of rocky space rubble from Bennu ... A later burst from OSIRIS-REx's thrusters later lifted it from Bennu, and the ship completed a number of flyovers ...

Released from the OSIRIS-REx mothership four hours ... and to make preparations to ship the samples to a more sophisticated laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Monday.

then ship it to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Within a week or so, it will be partially disassembled in a lab, and the OSIRIS-REx team will see its contents for the first time.

A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX in 2023 from NASA’s ...

An illustration of OSIRIS-REx returning its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab This maneuever will be tricky too, as Mike Moreau ...

so understanding their composition and orbits is key to unlocking the best ways to deflect space rocks on a collision course with Earth. When OSIRIS-REx briefly used its TAGSAM, or Touch-and-Go ...

these new tools also needed to function within the tightly-confined space of the glovebox, limiting their height, weight, and potential arc movement,” explained Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx ...

In October 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made history by touching down on the asteroid Bennu and grabbing a sample of rock and debris. New analysis of this encounter has revealed the probe ...

An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship caught up with the International Space Station and glided in for a smooth docking on Tuesday — Election Day across the U.S. — bringing 3 tons of supplies ...