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Inside NASA’s Historic OSIRIS-REx Mission To Bring A Chunk of An Asteroid Back To Earth

On Sunday, NASA will finally witness the descent of its first asteroid sample retrieval mission. Hear from the lead scientist behind the mission.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Just Made the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Public — Here’s a First Look

The public got its first look at samples NASA took from asteroid Bennu.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Just Dropped Samples of Asteroid Bennu To Earth — Here’s Why They Are So Important

But like a college kid dropping off their laundry, the spaceship is just passing through on its way to another adventure.

By Kiona Smith
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Watch as NASA's OSIRIS-REx punches an asteroid

On Tuesday, the spacecraft snagged a piece of the asteroid to bring back home.

By Passant Rabie
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission just snagged a sample from Bennu

This is history in the making.

By Passant Rabie
Science

Bennu: NASA Knew About Water 1 Month Before OSIRIS-REx Approached Asteroid

"At first we thought, 'Oh no, we messed up something.'"

By Emma Betuel
Science

Here’s What Comes Next for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Now That It's Reached Bennu

"We want to go and look and see what carbon looked like at the very beginning."

By Peter Hess
Science

Asteroid Hunting Mission Detours to Study Enigmatic Earth Trojans

By Rosalie Chan
Science

The Asteroid Bennu Is Probably Not Going to Crash Into the Earth

The asteroid that inspired the OSIRIS-REx mission will swing by Earth in the 22nd century.

By Kastalia Medrano
Science

OSIRIS-REx Traveled 2 Million Miles Away From Earth in a Week

By James Grebey
Science

Here’s What’s Next for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission

The seven-year timeline for the spacecraft that will bring back a piece of an asteroid to Earth. 

By Neel V. Patel
Science

NASA on OSIRIS-REx Launch: "We Got Everything Exactly Perfect"

By James Grebey
Science

OSIRIS-REx Mission Launches, Beginning 7-Year Asteroid Journey

By James Grebey
Science

Why OSIRIS-REx Will Not Land on the Bennu Asteroid

By Neel V. Patel
Science

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Won’t Be Affected by SpaceX Explosion

By Neel V. Patel
Science

The Asteroid Determining Earth's Future — and Humanity's Past

OSIRIS-REx has the potential to change the course of space exploration.

By Josh Dinner
Science

OSIRIS-REx Will Teach Us How to Prevent Death by Asteroid

By Neel V. Patel
Science

NASA Announces Launch Date for History Making OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

This will be the first U.S. spacecraft to sample asteroid data, and scientists hope to discover more about how planets were formed with the samples.

By Catrina Dennis