Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission ... and then brought that sample back to Earth for a landing in the Utah desert in September 2023. While the odds of Bennu ...

OSIRIS-REx was designed to keep the samples pure and untouched by Earth, with procedures to inject the sample return capsule with nitrogen as soon as possible after its landing. Furthermore ...

Nasa scientists cheered as their spacecraft, Osiris-Rex, successfully touched down on Asteroid Bennu to collect rocks and dirt from the surface, to bring back to Earth. The meticulously planned ...