Home / OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Ahead. Posted in Press Release OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Ahead by SpaceRef May 16, 2013 July 15, 2024.

The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in September 2016 and reached a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu in December 2018. After nearly two years of observations, ... lead OSIRIS-REx sample curator.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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

The new OSIRIS-REx exhibit at Space Center Houston is one of only three places in the world where the public can see a sample from the asteroid Bennu as brought back to Earth by the NASA mission ...

Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust rich in carbon, nitrogen, and organic compounds, all of which are essential components for ...

OSIRIS-REx engineers also will attempt to snap photos that could, given the right lighting conditions, show the inside of the head so engineers can look for evidence of sample inside of it.

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space rock Bennu.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission brought pieces of space rock Bennu to Earth in 2023. An analysis of these samples has revealed interesting data.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar system. These findings can now provide information into the potential ...

Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke.

Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust rich in carbon, nitrogen, and organic compounds, all of which are essential components for life ...