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Bookmark or Share- NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water“The OSIRIS-REx sample is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth and will help scientists investigate the origins of life on our own planet for generations to come,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
- OSIRIS-REx In Depth - NASA ScienceSummary The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) was the first U.S. spacecraft to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
- OSIRIS-REx - Science@NASALaunched on Sept. 8, 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft traveled to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu (formerly 1999 RQ36). It collected a sample of rocks and dust from Bennu's surface on October 20, 2020.
- OSIRIS-REx FAQs - NASA ScienceOn Sept. 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx became the first U.S. mission to deliver a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The spacecraft, which launched Sept. 8, 2016, collected rocks and dust – an estimated 8.8 ounces, or 250 grams – from the surface of asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20, 2020.
- NASA Ames’ Contributions to OSIRIS-RExFour aircraft and teams at three ground sites will track the capsule’s trajectory on its way to the surface, using imaging and spectroscopy instruments. Data from the project, called Hypervelocity OSIRIS-REx Reentry Imaging & Spectroscopy (HORIS), will be used to validate and develop planetary entry models.
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