The OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission delivered pieces of asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, before moving on to study asteroid Apophis in 2029.

OSIRIS-REx released the SRC about 63,000 miles from Earth at about 6:42 a.m. EDT. The capsule plummeted to Earth and landed by parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped off a capsule containing several ounces of rocky, dusty material it collected from the asteroid Bennu on Sunday, successfully closing out the agency’s ...

The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life.

The asteroid sample hauled to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has lots of water and carbon-containing compounds, mission team members announced today (Oct. 11).

OSIRIS-REx recovered an estimated 250 grams of Bennu material, more than four times the 60 grams the mission had targeted. And as the science team began dissembling the sample return capsule at ...

The OSIRIS-REx team plans to broadcast the recovery live on their website, NASA.gov, and have been putting their broadcast equipment to the test. On August 30th, ...