OSIRIS-REx - NASA Science
Dec 11, 2024 · Launched on Sept. 8, 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft traveled to a near …
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 …
OSIRIS-REx FAQs - NASA Science
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 rocks and dust – an …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid - NASA
Oct 20, 2020 · NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in
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.
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 …