NASA's OSIRIS-REx recently dropped off a sample from asteroid Bennu, and now it will continue on to a new target: asteroid Apophis. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...

OSIRIS-REx will now travel to and study Apophis, another near-Earth asteroid, for 18 months. The spacecraft's name will change to OSIRIS-APEX for OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer.

A view of the outside of the Osiris-Rex sample collector. ... Osiris-Rex launched in 2016 and arrived at Bennu a couple of years later, making observations at a distance.

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returns to Earth on Sunday, September 24, bearing gifts. ... View All Stores. Lists. Lists. See All. 30 Under 30. 50 Over 50. Top Colleges. Advisor. Advisor.

OSIRIS-REx launched in 2016, flew by earth in 2017 and arrived on Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. It began its journey back to Earth more than two years ago. Big Number. 1-in-2,700.

Looking at OSIRIS-REx's target asteroid Bennu through telescopes, astronomers thought that it would be rather similar to other known space rocks. They were in for a surprise.

He’s been the project scientist for OSIRIS-REx since NASA accepted the mission proposal in 2011, and has been involved in the mission’s planning since its conception in 2004. “You can change ...

A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector, with material from the asteroid Bennu in the middle right. NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold.

This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface was created by combining two images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on January 19, 2019.

The OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event shows the SamCam imager’s field of view at the moment before and after the NASA spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu ...

NASA calls it *** cosmic touch and go. When we made contact with the surface, there was *** one second delay and then we fired that high pressure nitrogen gas and the surface just exploded in ...

NASA calls it *** cosmic touch and go. When we made contact with the surface, there was *** one second delay and then we fired that high pressure nitrogen gas and the surface just exploded in ...