Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been seven years since the launch of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect and return samples of asteroid Bennu, and the long ...

A replica of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule descends under parachute during a dress rehearsal Aug. 30 in Utah. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber WASHINGTON — NASA is making the final preparations to ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory waited seven years for the return of its NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx. The spacecraft launched in 2016 with the goal of reaching ...

This critical — and long-awaited — step advances the main objective of the $1 billion UA-led mission to collect a sample of the asteroid, which contains materials left over from the formation of the ...

The Bennu asteroid samples onboard OSIRIS-REx are about to face the bumpiest part of their journey back from deep space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by NASA, recovery teams participate in field rehearsals to prepare for the retrieval of the sample return ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission was launched in September 2016, and seven years later, its capsule landed in the Utah desert for NASA to collect and analyze its first-ever samples collected from an asteroid ...

A replica of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule descends under parachute during a dress rehearsal Aug. 30 in Utah. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber WAILEA, Hawaii — A NASA spacecraft is on course to ...

Each second of the capsule's descent has been calculated in anticipation for NASA's first asteroid sample return mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...