Wired

For the Second Time Ever, an Asteroid Sample Returns to Earth

Early on Sunday morning, the skies above a secluded military complex in central Australia will be brightened by a fireball plummeting to Earth. It will be a flamboyant homecoming for the sample return ...
The Verge

NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid material, which could help scientists understand the earliest stages of the Solar System. The ...
New Atlas

Returned asteroid sample unlocks time capsule older than the Sun

A six-year round trip to an asteroid and back has yielded unprecedented insights into the formation of the solar system. Scientists have conducted the first comprehensive analysis of samples returned ...
Futurism

For the First Time In Its History, NASA Successfully Collects Sample From Asteroid

For the first time in its history, NASA has successfully collected samples from the surface of an asteroid, using the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Tuesday. The small spacecraft has been orbiting Bennu, an ...
Space.com

What time is NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return capsule landing on Sept. 24?

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 ...