NASA recently conducted a rehearsal capsule recovery test of its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer capsule in preparation for the real capsule’s ...

In this photo provided by NASA, recovery teams participate in field rehearsals to prepare for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission at the Department of Defense ...

On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.

Following a high-speed, fiery plunge through Earth’s atmosphere, at 8:52 A.M. local time the sample-packed OSIRIS-REx return capsule parachuted to a soft landing in the Department of Defense ...

How OSIRIS-REx's capsule could hold keys to 'building blocks of life' on Earth. The mission collected samples from an asteroid 200 million miles away. By Mary Kekatos and Gina Sunseri.

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range ...

Recovery team members practice the retrieval of NASA's OSIRIS-REx's return capsule at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range.

This image of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule still attached to the spacecraft’s instrument deck was captured by the spacecraft’s StowCam camera on Sept. 23 at 10:37:55 a.m. EDT (14:37:55 ...

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Department of Defense ...

If all goes well, in 2021, OSIRIS-REx will depart the vicinity of Bennu for Earth. In September 2023, the OSIRIS-REx will separate from the return capsule and steer itself to a lonely sleep ...

The NASA mission – designed, built and flown by Lockheed Martin – aims to uncover new learnings about the building blocks of life in our solar system UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Utah, Sept ...

If the spacecraft’s trajectory is on track, the sample capsule is expected to release from OSIRIS-REx 63,000 miles (102,000 kilometers) from Earth on early Sunday.