NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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After a series of high-stakes maneuvers performed more than 200 million miles from Earth, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully stowed its precious samples of the asteroid Bennu.

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

OSIRIS-REx arrived at Bennu in late 2018 as NASA’s first—and humankind’s third—attempt to sample the surface of an asteroid. The spacecraft, which snatched a dusty, ...

The sample-return capsule from University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission rests in the Utah desert near its main parachute, shortly after touching down on Sept. 24.

In the week since its “perfect” launch , the OSIRIS-REx robotic spacecraft continues to behave as it cruises to its rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft will arrive at Bennu in ...