NASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully returned from its journey to the asteroid Bennu. The robotic spacecraft briefly set down on the celestial body in a first-of-its-kind attempt ...

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.

If OSIRIS-REx does not make this window, the next attempt would be in 2025 because that's when it will next orbit Earth. Nicole Lunning, lead OSIRIS-REx sample curator ...

After traveling for over 4 billion miles (6.2 billion kilometers) to reach Bennu and then make the journey home, the OSIRIS-REx probe released its sample return capsule this morning while it was ...

Scientists confirm OSIRIS-REx brought home at least 70.3 grams of material from asteroid Bennu, surpassing its goal of 60 grams. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

On Dec. 3, after traveling billions of kilometers from Earth, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached its target, Bennu, and kicked off a nearly two-year, up-close investigation of the asteroid.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) spacecraft brought rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu to Earth.

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OSIRIS-REx launched on September 8, 2016—seven years ago this month. The probe pulled up at Bennu in December 2018. It spent nearly two years carefully mapping the space rock and then snared its ...

Infrared sensors on the ground detected the heat signature of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s sample-return capsule when it slammed into the atmosphere at more than 45,000 km/h (27,650 mph), at 8:42 ...