NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission to Asteroid Bennu - Science@NASA
4 days ago · 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. After …
OSIRIS-REx - Wikipedia
OSIRIS-REx was the first United States spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid. Previous asteroid returns include the Japanese probes Hayabusa, which visited 25143 Itokawa in 2010, …
OSIRIS-REx In Depth - NASA Science
Nov 2, 2024 · OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth. OSIRIS-REx was the third major planetary science mission for NASA’s New …
NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water
Oct 11, 2023 · OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the Science Mission …
NASA OSIRIS-REx Frequently Asked Questions - Science@NASA
4 days ago · 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. …
NASA SVS | Significant Mission Milestones in OSIRIS-REx Journey …
6 days ago · NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu lands …
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid …
Jun 26, 2024 · Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral …
OSIRIS-REx | Mission, Bennu, Asteroid, & Facts | Britannica
5 days ago · OSIRIS-REx, American spacecraft that orbited the asteroid Bennu and returned a sample of it to Earth. The roughly 250-gram (9-ounce) sample was the largest extraterrestrial …
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 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 a first for the …