They also used X-rays to create a 3D model of one of the particles to reveal its composition, revealing a “scientific treasure” of carbon and water content, said OSIRIS-REx principal ...

Last month, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spaceship dropped off a sample ... according to NASA. A 3D computer model of one of the particles showed it contained a large amount of carbon and evidence of water.

NASA's pioneering OSIRIS ... OSIRIS-REx Altimetry Working Group (AltWG) processed, analyzed and reassembled them into a catalog of more than 300 terrain reference maps and trained a 3D shape ...

On September 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed in the Utah ... After also building a 3D model of one of the asteroid particles, this early look confirmed abundant amounts of carbon ...

When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. If all goes according to ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft recently dropped off precious cargo — sending a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu tumbling through Earth’s atmosphere to land in the Utah desert.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scooped up a sample from asteroid Bennu in October 2020, and in May 2021 the spacecraft headed back to Earth to drop that sample off. This week. the spacecraft ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will land on Earth this Sunday, September 24, seven years after launching ... More to collect samples of a near-Earth asteroid. NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation ...

The preliminary analysis of the contents of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security -- Regolith Explorer) mission was unveiled at the Johnson Space ...