NASA returned its first sample of an asteroid to Earth last year, but getting at the full sample proved difficult due to a couple of troublesome fasteners.

NASA says miswiring may have been the culprit for a key parachute not opening during the landing sequence for the OSIRIS-Rex mission.

A new OSIRIS-REx Curation Laboratory in Houston awaits delivery of the asteroid samples, which will first be inspected at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The OSIRIS-REx mission achieved a significant milestone as its asteroid sample return capsule safely touched down on Earth. With the capsule now in the hands of NASA's Johnson Space Center, the ...

It’s official: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snagged 121.6 grams of pristine space rocks when it bopped the asteroid Bennu four years ago, more than double the mission’s official science goal ...

NASA successfully recovered a capsule containing samples of asteroid Bennu taken by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2020.

NASA revealed Wednesday the contents of the OSIRIS-REx capsule containing the first asteroid sample collected in space.

Scientists said they got more material than expected from the Osiris-Rex mission during its seven-year journey to the asteroid Bennu.

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of ...

The first U.S. asteroid sample, delivered by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to Earth on Sept. 24, has arrived at its permanent home at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where it will be cared ...

We’ve also learned that OSIRIS-REx did its work on Bennu with a queen’s help - specifically Queen rock guitarist Brian May, who has a PhD in astrophysics.

(NASA) (NASA) The sample has been held in a nitrogen-rich environment in a unique glove box inside a new laboratory at Johnson, designed specifically for the OSIRIS-Rex mission.