In September 2023, we reported on the conclusion of the first phase of the OSIRIS-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) as its return sample ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft had a mission in 2020: fly to Bennu, an asteroid about 200 million miles from earth, land briefly, collect a small sample, and return home. But its mission was ...

But one issue with the Mars Sample Return versus OSIRIS REx is the price tag, as there are many more moving parts. Investments needed in the nested transportation are measured in the billions of ...

Images taken before and after the touch-and-go sample collection indicate surface disturbances up to 15 inches away.

Scientists will be kept on tenterhooks for three years, awaiting Osiris-Rex's return to Earth so they can study the rock samples. The eclipse won't be total anywhere in the world, but parts of ...

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