In an October update, NASA officials explained that the top of the canister, which has been previously estimated to hold ...

REx's return capsule from deploying its drogue parachute during its descent through Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 24, NASA ...

For those watching NASA's live video coverage of the OSIRIS-REx mission's return to Earth, there were hints that something ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission narrowly avoided a parachute failure, with an investigation revealing the cause and stressing the need ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the sample will be preserved for future generations of humanity, the best-case ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu was a smashing success. The spacecraft delivered its ...

NASA said it found that inconsistent wiring label definitions in the design plans likely caused engineers to incorrectly wire the parachutes’ release triggers for the capsule. That resulted in the ...

Explore a tiny asteroid sample's cosmic secrets and its potential impact on our understanding of the universe.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed under parachute in the Utah desert on Sept. 24, 2023, and safely delivered a ...

NASA has provided asteroid Bennu samples to researchers at the Natural History Museum in London, for an in-depth analysis ...

The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson ...

The team is also analyzing a sample from asteroid Ryugu brought by the Hayabusa2 explorer of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.