NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space rock Bennu.

It's finally open. After months of anticipation, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has achieved a significant milestone by successfully accessing the treasure trove of asteroid material that the probe ...

During a webcast today (Oct. 10), NASA will unveil the asteroid sample hauled to Earth by its OSIRIS-REx mission last month.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped off a capsule containing several ounces of rocky, dusty material it collected from the asteroid Bennu on Sunday, successfully closing out the agency’s ...

Seven years ago, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission was launched to collect asteroid samples from the near-Earth object Bennu. Today, the samples made landfall on Earth, closing a long-awaited chapter ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe delivers sample of asteroid — and moves on to next target by Alan Boyle on September 24, 2023 at 9:55 am ...

OSIRIS-REx launched in 2016, flew by earth in 2017 and arrived on Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. It began its journey back to Earth more than two years ago.

On Sunday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth and dropped a sample of asteroid Bennu to Utah's West Desert. The mission went "absolutely perfectly," and NASA scientists hope the sample will ...

In this photo provided by NASA, recovery teams participate in field rehearsals to prepare for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission at the Department of Defense ...

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range.