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Photos: OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Reveal at Johnson Space Center
NASA revealed the contents of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule today at the agency’s Johnson Space Center. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, JSC Director Vanessa Wyche, and scientists from the OSIRIS-REx team were on hand to share initial details about the asteroid material collected. The OSIRIS-REx mission launched to the asteroid Bennu in 2016, reached the…
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Photos: OSIRIS-REx Launch to Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to an asteroid launched from Kennedy Space Center on September 8, 2016. As part of the mission, the spacecraft will collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu before sending the capsule of material back to Earth. NASA scientists, launch managers, and spacecraft engineers gathered at Kennedy Space Center to witness the launch…
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OSIRIS-REx Explained: NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission
NASA is launching the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to the asteroid Bennu in order to analyze Bennu’s surface before returning to Earth with asteroid regolith. The seven-year mission will be the most significant space sample return since the Apollo missions returned with lunar samples. OSIRIS-REx is integral to learning more about the origins of our solar system,…
