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Time-lapse orbit animation of OSIRIS-APEX's epic journey to asteroid Apophis

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

This asteroid is spilling secrets about the origin of life on Earth

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...
ABC News

How OSIRIS-REx's capsule could hold keys to 'building blocks of life' on Earth

The mission collected samples from an asteroid 200 million miles away. NASA revealed on Wednesday that "the building blocks of life on Earth" may have been found in an asteroid sample collected from ...

OSIRIS-REx bringing asteroid samples to Earth - NASA explains

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...
Digital Trends

NASA’s first asteroid-sampling mission continues on to a new target

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft recently dropped off precious cargo — sending a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu tumbling through Earth’s atmosphere to land in the Utah desert. A team quickly ...
Space.com

NASA can't open its OSIRIS-REx asteroid capsule yet, but the outside alone holds more than enough samples

The team had hoped for 60 grams, and without even accessing the bulk sample, they're already at 70.3. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
SpaceNews

OSIRIS-REx Speeds Toward Asteroid Rendezvous

NASA’s first asteroid sampling mission launched into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, beginning a journey that could revolutionize our understanding of ...
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UPDATE: OSIRIS-REx is offering up abundant samples, but is making scientists work for it

HOUSTON, Texas (ABC4) – OSIRIS-Rex is continuing to make NASA scientists work hard to get answers. The space capsule’s sample delivered nearly 10 more grams of sample from the Asteroid Bennu than ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

OSIRIS-REx: Bennu asteroid sample lands in Utah, marks new achievement in NASA’s space exploration

Dugway • A NASA capsule returning more than 200 million miles from the surface of asteroid Bennu, which scientists hope contains clues to the origins of our universe, landed among the sand and scrub ...
Forbes

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Returns Safely To Earth—Scientists Hope It Will Bring Evidence Of How Life Began

A NASA explorer spacecraft returned to Earth Sunday morning after nearly seven years spent in space on the OSIRIS-REx mission to collect pieces of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu, which scientists say ...
Scientific American

OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth

UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE—Yes, it came from outer space. An extraterrestrial express delivery package from afar has landed safe and sound on Earth, bringing a multimillion-mile journey billions of ...
SpaceNews

OSIRIS-REx Completed at Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin has completed the assembly of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The spacecraft is now undergoing environmental testing at the company’s Space Systems facilities near Denver. OSIRIS-REx ...