NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission to Asteroid Bennu - Science@NASA
Jan 30, 2025 · OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. It returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, to drop off a capsule with material from asteroid Bennu. After dropping off the sample capsule through Earth's atmosphere, the spacecraft was renamed OSIRIS-APEX and sent on a new mission to explore asteroid Apophis in 2029.
OSIRIS-REx In Depth - NASA Science
Nov 2, 2024 · OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth. In Depth OSIRIS-REx was the third major planetary science mission for NASA’s New Frontiers Program (after New Horizons launched in 2006 and Juno launched in 2011).
NASA OSIRIS-REx Frequently Asked Questions - Science@NASA
Jan 30, 2025 · What is OSIRIS-REx? On Sept. 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx became the first U.S. mission to deliver a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The spacecraft, which launched Sept. 8, 2016, collected 4.29 ounces ( 121.6 grams) of rocks and dust from the surface of asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20, 2020.
OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth
On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft capped its 7-year mission with the successful deposit of a pristine sample of surface material from the asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert. Now in a specially built clean room at NASA’s Johnson Space ...
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean …
Sep 24, 2023 · After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid
Oct 20, 2020 · OSIRIS-REx engineers and scientists will use several techniques to identify and measure the sample remotely. First, they’ll compare images of the Nightingale site before and after TAG to see how much surface material moved around in response to the burst of gas.
NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water
Oct 11, 2023 · “The OSIRIS-REx sample is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth and will help scientists investigate the origins of life on our own planet for generations to come,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
OSIRIS-REx | Missions | Astrobiology
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth, addressing multiple NASA Solar System Exploration objectives. OSIRIS-REx launched from Cape Canaveral at 7:05 p.m. EDT on September 8, 2016.
OSIRIS-REx Mission – Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...
Charred from its journey through Earth’s atmosphere, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule is shown here shortly following its landing on Sept. 24 in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert.
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
Jun 26, 2024 · Launched on Sept. 8, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu and collected a sample of rocks and dust from the surface. OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, delivered the …