The outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector after its return to Earth. The crumbly black material … [+] is from asteroid Bennu. NASA/Erika Blumenfeld/Joseph Aebersold Dark bits and pieces of a faraway space rock will go on display on November 3 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., marking the public …
NASA will give the public a look at the asteroid sample brought back to Earth by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft next week. A of the reveal is set for 11 AM ET on Wednesday, October 11. The capsule containing rocks and dust taken from the surface of the near-Earth asteroid “Bennu” touched down at a Department …
NASA has succeeded in bringing back to Earth a capsule containing samples gathered from an asteroid — a first for the space agency. The sample return capsule (SRC) from the OSIRIS-REx mission landed at 8:52 a.m. MT (10:52 a.m. ET) on Sunday in a targeted area of the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training …
Topline 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 may help unlock the secrets of the solar system’s origins and solve the mystery of how life began. NASA’s first major asteroid sample …
Artist’s concept of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has successfully dropped-off a sample from an asteroid—and immediately left to check-out another. The package of an estimated 8.8 ounces (250 grams) of rocks from asteroid Bennu, collected by the probe in late 2021 after a …
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen is seen during a drop test in preparation for … [+] the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range. (NASA/Keegan Barber) Just before 10:54 a.m. EDT/7:54 a.m. PDT …
This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in … [+] close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona In a first for NASA, the space agency is preparing for samples of near-Earth asteroid Bennu to arrive on Earth. On Monday, September 24 a …
In just a few days from now, NASA will oversee the final moments of its groundbreaking OSIRIS-REx mission, which marks the first time for the agency to bring back rock samples collected from a distant asteroid. The space agency will live stream the homecoming of the capsule that’s carrying the all-important samples that were gathered …
This artist’s concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in … [+] the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU In two weeks one of the highest profile space missions for years will launch from Florida. The launch window for NASA’s Psyche mission opens on Thursday, Oct. 5 and will see spacecraft …