Dec 5, 2025 · OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. It returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, to drop off a capsule with material from asteroid Bennu.

Nov 2, 2024 · Summary The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) was the first U.S. spacecraft to collect a sample from an asteroid …

Jan 31, 2025 · What is OSIRIS-REx? NASA's OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to deliver a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The spacecraft launched on Sept. 8, 2016, arriving at Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. …

OSIRIS -REx completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu on December 3, 2018. The spacecraft successfully collected and stowed samples from the asteroid in …

Dec 2, 2025 · Explore this page for a curated collection of resources for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

Feb 11, 2025 · Launched on Sept. 8, 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft traveled to a near-Earth asteroid named …

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 first U.S. mission …

Oct 20, 2023 · NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu when it returned to Earth on Sep. 24, 2023; the largest asteroid sample ever …

May 2, 2024 · The first U.S. asteroid sample, delivered by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to Earth on Sept. 24, has arrived at its permanent home at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where it will be …

OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security--Regolith Explorer) launched September 8, 2016. It explored the Near Earth Asteroid (101955) Bennu in detail including …