The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to Earth to drop off rocky samples from asteroid Bennu on Sunday, marking NASA’s first attempt to retrieve a piece of a pure space rock. The highly ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe performed one last trajectory-correcting maneuver on Sunday (Sept. 17) to set up the Sept. 24 arrival of its asteroid sample here on Earth.

Editor’s note: On 24 September 2023 SpaceRef editor Keith Cowing spoke with BBC World News about the upcoming arrival of samples from asteroid Bennu to be delivered by the OSIRIS-REx mission.

OSIRIS-REx—the first U.S. mission to attempt a sample return from a space rock—has successfully sent materials from asteroid Bennu back to Earth ...

Officials reported Thursday that the Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected 121.6 grams (4.29 ounces) of dust and pebbles from asteroid Bennu. That's just over half a cup and the biggest cosmic haul ever ...

OSIRIS-REx's samples of asteroid Bennu will land at 10:55 a.m. EDT (1455 GMT), while the spacecraft itself heads to a new target.

Scientists finally began opening the rock sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captured a treasure trove of material from the solar system’s earliest days.

Scientists say that the sample could hold evidence to the origin of life on Earth Updated: 3:05 PM CDT Jul 1, 2023 By Cory Reppenhagen OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returning home with asteroid sample ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just tried to grab a piece of asteroid Bennu. If successful, the spacecraft will return the sample to Earth in 2023.

After a seven-year trip, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample capsule containing rocks captured from the asteroid Bennu, and now NASA has shared the first results of its tests on the samples.

Osiris opens in select theaters and is available on VOD on Friday, July 25.

Actually, we had to rehearse this. Everything in this mission is so well rehearsed.” The opening of the sample will be streamed on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.