NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission to Asteroid Bennu - Science@NASA
Jan 30, 2025 · OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. It returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, to drop off a capsule with material from asteroid Bennu. …
OSIRIS-REx In Depth - Science@NASA
Nov 2, 2024 · OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth. In Depth OSIRIS-REx was the third major planetary science mission for …
NASA OSIRIS-REx Frequently Asked Questions - Science@NASA
Jan 30, 2025 · What is OSIRIS-REx? On Sept. 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx became the first U.S. mission to deliver a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The spacecraft, which launched Sept. …
OSIRIS-REx | Missions | Astrobiology
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth, …
NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water
Oct 11, 2023 · “The OSIRIS-REx sample is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth and will help scientists investigate the origins of life on our own planet for …
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean …
Sep 24, 2023 · After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a …
OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth
On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft capped its 7-year mission with the …
OSIRIS-REx Mission – Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...
Charred from its journey through Earth’s atmosphere, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule is shown here shortly following its landing on Sept. 24 in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert.
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
Jun 26, 2024 · Launched on Sept. 8, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu and collected a sample of rocks and dust from the surface. OSIRIS-REx, the …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid
Oct 20, 2020 · NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in