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

In addition to its Mars expertise, the company noted that it designed and built the spacecraft and return capsules for all three of NASA's robotic sample return missions, including the OSIRIS-REx ...

NASA reveals the first images of the asteroid material collected during the "picture-perfect" OSIRIS-REx mission led by the University of Arizona.

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Breaks Record For Largest Asteroid Sample Ever Collected In Space The material collected on Bennu is more than double the mission goal.

SN: Shortly after retrieving the OSIRIS-REx canister, you were able to collect some sample, right? Connolly: There was lots of dust on the outside of the canister.

In a historic event that has space enthusiasts and scientists worldwide in excitement, NASA has successfully opened the sample canister from the OSIRIS-REx mission, revealing a cosmic bounty that ...

A top-down view of the capsule that contains a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA NASA’s OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to retrieve fragments of an asteroid, which arrived in ...

NASA has revealed the materials harvested from the asteroid Bennu after finally being able to remove the stuck lid from the OSIRIS-REx return capsule.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission collected a sample from the asteroid Bennu in 2020, returning its precious cargo to Earth in late 2023. However, technicians at Johnson Space Center had more trouble than ...