Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission ... and then brought that sample back to Earth for a landing in the Utah desert in September 2023. While the odds of Bennu ...

OSIRIS-REx's touchdown brought humanity closer to the stars, but the journey was anything but easy. Dive into the drama and success of NASA's boldest mission yet! More for You ...

This image provided by NASA shows a top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned with samples from ... as well as more asteroid and comet sample returns. China plans to launch an asteroid sample return mission this year.