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The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so...
Our first asteroid sample return mission is back on Earth, a record ride in space for a NASA astronaut, and our...
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct....
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission launched in 2016 and now (August, 2018) is entering its approach...
NASA's latest New Frontiers mission, OSIRIS-REx, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the...
At approximately 4:16 p.m. EDT on May 10th, 2021, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification,...
A touch of history for our first asteroid sample return mission, a safe return from the International Space Station,...
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct....
OSIRIS-REx is a NASA mission to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. Prior to arriving at...
On Sept. 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith...
OSIRIS-REx has imaged Bennu better than we have Earth and our own Moon. Since its arrival at the asteroid on...
OSIRIS-REx launched Thursday, September 8 at 7:05PM on an Atlas V rocket on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and...
NASA’s OSRIS-REx mission is designed to study near-Earth asteroid Bennu and return a sample of Bennu to Earth in...
NASA’s OSRIS-REx mission is designed to study near-Earth asteroid Bennu and return a sample of Bennu to Earth in...
A view of the OSIRIS-REx sample canister with the lid removed, revealing the Touch and Go Sample Acquisition...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen following rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen from the cockpit of a helicopter as recovery teams participate...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A recovery team member is seen with the training model of the sample return capsule following a drop test in...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
This page contains interviews with personnel from the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification,...