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 ...

NASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully returned from ... analyzed and reassembled them into a catalog of more than 300 terrain reference maps and trained a 3D shape model of the ...

This helped OSIRIS-REx to scoop up 121.6 g (4.29 oz), far more than the amount that would have made the mission a success. By returning the sample to Earth, the asteroid's chemical profile was ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx dropped off the Bennu asteroid sample last month. ... A 3D computer model of one of the particles showed it contained a large amount of carbon and evidence of water.

On September 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed in the Utah desert, ... After also building a 3D model of one of the asteroid particles, ...

X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used to make 3D models of particles and look inside them. One of the key findings is the presence of that carbon. Lots of it.

It made contact with the surface of the asteroid for about five seconds on October 20, 2020. The sample collection was made over three attempts by OSIRIS-REx.. In May 2021, the spacecraft began ...

On Sunday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth and dropped a sample of asteroid Bennu to Utah's West Desert. The mission went "absolutely perfectly," and NASA scientists hope the sample will ...

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 ...