It's finally open. After months of anticipation, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has achieved a significant milestone by successfully accessing the treasure trove of asteroid material that the probe ...

To capture these samples, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached asteroid Bennu in October 2020 and extended an arm containing the canister (called TAGSAM, or the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition ...

“We are overjoyed with the success,” NASA’s chief OSIRIS-REx sample curator, Nicole Lunning, said in a statement.. It took more than seven years and roughly $1 billion to bring back a sample ...

Scientists have discovered an abundance of material after opening the OSIRIS-REx canister containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu, which could offer key insights into the origins of ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in September 2016 and reached asteroid Bennu in December 2018. The spacecraft snagged pieces of a small, near-Earth asteroid in October 2020 and began making its ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in September 2016 and reached asteroid Bennu in December 2018. The spacecraft snagged pieces of a small, near-Earth asteroid in October 2020 and began making its ...

NASA Finally Pried Open a Canister of 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Dust. ... Like OSIRIS-REx, OSIRIS-APEX will use its impressive suite of scientific tools, including imagers, ...

“We are overjoyed with the success,” NASA’s chief OSIRIS-REx sample curator, Nicole Lunning, said. Skip to Article. ... NASA couldn’t get the canister containing its prized rocks open.

The lid is open on the OSIRIS-REx sample return canister, revealing a tantalizing ring of dust outside the main sample collection chamber. Credit: Dante Lauretta ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which recently successfully deposited a sample of asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert, is struggling to open the canister containing the space rocks.

NASA finally managed to open a canister containing prized rocks open from the asteroid Bennu. (NASA Solar ... “We are overjoyed with the success,” NASA’s chief OSIRIS-REx sample curator, ...