OSIRIS-REx is due to make its return to Earth on Sept. 24. Here's everything you need to know about the mission and what it may reveal about the beginning — and the potential end — of life on ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

OSIRIS-REx releases the asteroid sample container return capsule. 7:02 a.m. EDT (5:02 a.m. MDT, 1102 GMT) OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fires thrusters to set course away from Earth, and toward asteroid ...

On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.

On Sunday September 24, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft will release a capsule carrying the sample when it is 63,000 miles from the Earth’s surface. The capsule will pierce the Earth’s atmosphere ...

The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life.

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft was launched by Nasa on September 8th, 2016. It collected a sample – roughly 250 grammes – of rocks and dust from the surface of the asteroid Bennu on October 20th, 2020.

OSIRIS-REx released the SRC about 63,000 miles from Earth at about 6:42 a.m. EDT. The capsule plummeted to Earth and landed by parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range.

On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.