UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Utah, Sept. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a rapid and red-hot descent through Earth's atmosphere, NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule touched down in the ...

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert on Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range.

Sept. 24, 2023: Sample Return Capsule lands on Earth. OSIRIS-REx is renamed OSIRIS-APEX and sent to Apophis, a 1,100-foot-wide asteroid expected to pass Earth at a distance of 20,000 miles in 2029.

Meanwhile, OSIRIS-REx is now on its way to its next asteroid target, Apophis, which it will reach in April 2029. This article was originally published on Jan. 23, 2024 ...

Far exceeding their expectations, mission operators managed to collect 2.48 ounces (70.3 grams) before ever opening the inaccessible part of the OSIRIS-REx return capsule.

After traveling billions of miles to Bennu and back, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released its sample capsule toward Earth’s atmosphere at 3:42 a.m. Tucson time.

In September 2023, NASA received an extraterrestrial delivery from its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it flew past Earth. It sent a capsule with the asteroid samples that were collected in 2020, The ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is coming to a close this September. Scientists are currently rehearsing plans for receiving the capsule upon its return.

Targeted for liftoff Sept. 8, 2016, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, OSIRIS-Rex will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface ...

A rendering of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule entering Earth's atmosphere and landing in the Utah Test and Training Range Sept. 24, 2023. The capsule brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu. (NASA) ...

Journey into another world with the OSIRIS-REx mission that ended in Utah Posted 4:51 PM, Feb 09, 2024 and last updated 5:30 PM, Feb 09, 2024 ...