NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

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.

The Osiris-Rex mission may have come to an end, but the spacecraft remains fully operational in space. It will next visit Apophis, another near-Earth asteroid that was once seen as a major threat ...

On Sunday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth and dropped a sample of asteroid Bennu to Utah's West Desert. The mission went "absolutely perfectly," and NASA scientists hope the sample will ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu to Earth Sunday, dropping the sample capsule in the Utah desert.

OSIRIS-REx is due to make its return to Earth on Sept. 24. Here's everything you need to know about the mission and what it may reveal about the beginning — and the potential end — of life on ...

OSIRIS-REx descends through Earth's atmosphere with samples from asteroid Bennu. (Image credit: NASA) The return capsule, with the Bennu sample onboard, should reach Earth's upper atmosphere ...

Osiris-Rex launched in 2016 and arrived at Bennu a couple of years later, making observations at a distance. From those remote findings, it identified carbonate minerals in the asteroid, ...

OSIRIS-REx will now travel to and study Apophis, another near-Earth asteroid, for 18 months. The spacecraft's name will change to OSIRIS-APEX for OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer.

OSIRIS-REx wrapped up observations in May 2021 and departed Bennu to return the samples to Earth. The trek required 2½ years orbiting the Sun twice inside of Venus’ orbit.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu to Earth Sunday, dropping the sample capsule in the Utah desert.