Latest OSIRIS-REx Stories
NASA Technologies Receive Multiple Nods in TIME Inventions of 2023
As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids,…
New US Postage Stamp Commemorates NASA’s Asteroid Sample Delivery
OSIRIS-REx – the first U.S. mission to return a sample collected from an asteroid – got its own postage stamp.
OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth
On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft capped its 7-year mission with…
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Asteroid Sample Return
NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities ahead of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification,…
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Asteroid Sample Return
NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities ahead of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification,…
Public Invited to NASA’s Goddard Visitor Center to Celebrate Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery
The public is invited to a watch party at NASA’s Goddard Visitor Center, Greenbelt, Maryland to celebrate the first U.S.…
Mike Moreau: Bringing Bennu Back to Earth
Dr. Michael Moreau serves as the deputy project manager for OSIRIS-REx, a multi-year mission to travel to the asteroid Bennu…
Marshall-Managed Asteroid Delivery Mission Could Explain Origin of Life, Planets
Solveig Irvine, who serves as mission manager for OSIRIS-REx at Marshall Space Flight Center, said her team and others have…
Teams Watch Weather as OSIRIS-REx Prepares to Return Asteroid Sample
Wind, mud, and even a stray monsoon are some of the weather variables that could await the OSIRIS-REx sample capsule…
OSIRIS-REx Blog Posts
Initial Curation of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Sample
The initial curation process for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample of asteroid Bennu is moving slower than anticipated, but for the best reason: the sample runneth over.
The OSIRIS-REx Sample Canister Lid is Removed
NASA scientists found dark powder and sand-sized particles on the avionics deck of the OSIRIS-REx science canister when the initial lid was removed today.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Capsule Arrives in Houston
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 cared for, stored, and distributed to scientists worldwide.
