A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the spacecraft approach and touch down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles away from Earth, to collect a sample on ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the sample will be preserved for future generations of humanity, the best ...

OSIRIS-REx arrived at Bennu in late 2018 as NASA’s first—and humankind’s third—attempt to sample the surface of an asteroid.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission was planned decades ago. In 2016, a spacecraft launched. In 2018, it arrived at Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Sears Tower is tall.

The OSIRIS-APEX mission, a follow-up to OSIRIS-REx, which successfully returned a sample from asteroid Bennu in 2023, has repurposed the spacecraft to visit a new target, asteroid Apophis.

NASA's Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team supports a broad range of mission needs across the agency, including Artemis, science missions like OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral ...

A picture of some of the sample matter collected from the asteroid Bennu is displayed during a press conference for the OSIRIS-REx sample unveiling.

Asteroids, often overlooked, hold vital clues about our solar system's formation and potential future. Missions like OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa have deepened our understanding, revealing surprising ...

The future of Rex Airlines is looking brighter, with administrators EY expected to name a number of serious bidders for the operation in coming days.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Nearly 1,000 employees have accepted resignation offers, according to NASA late Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. space agency.

Rex was placed into administration on July 30, 2024, with debts in excess of $500m, prompting the immediate grounding of 737 operations and the sell-off of various parts of the business.