The Osiris-Rex spacecraft landed in the Utah desert on Sunday morning, capping off a seven-year mission. NASA/AFP via Getty Images. The capsule flew through Earth’s atmosphere at 10:42 a.m. EST.

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample ...

The capsule containing pieces from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, separated from OSIRIS-REx, parachuted into Utah's West Desert on Sunday morning.

After about two decades of planning and seven years of out-and-back space travel, NASA plans to land a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu in Utah's northwestern desert this fall. The sample ...

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample ...

On Sunday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth and dropped a sample of asteroid Bennu to Utah's West Desert. The mission went "absolutely perfectly," and NASA scientists hope the sample will ...

FILE - This undated image provided by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu seen from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will fly by Earth and drop off what is ...

A capsule containing nearly 9 ounces of rocks, dust and dirt collected from an asteroid named Bennu will detach from OSIRIS-REx before its expected crash inside the Defense Department's Utah Test ...

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:44:46 GMT (1736563486439) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common) 4e40b6ec727d160233a708fd49e77004811ccc03 ...