OSIRIS-REx’s next target, Apophis, also makes regular close approaches to Earth — but NASA has confirmed that this asteroid won’t be striking the planet on any of its next three approaches ...

This black-and-white image of the Earth-Moon system was captured on Sept. 25, 2017 by NavCam 1, one of three cameras that comprise TAGCAMS (the Touch-and-Go Camera System) on NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

OSIRIS-REx snapped photos of the Earth and moon during its “slingshot” around our planet and gave researchers another test run of what might happen when the spacecraft reaches the asteroid ...

May 10, 2021: OSIRIS-REx begins journey back to Earth. Sept. 24, 2023: Sample Return Capsule landed on Earth. 2029: OSIRIS-REx begins extended mission to asteroid Apophis.

How OSIRIS-REx's capsule could hold keys to 'building blocks of life' on Earth. The mission collected samples from an asteroid 200 million miles away.

OSIRIS-REx is renamed OSIRIS-APEX and sent to Apophis, a 1,100-foot-wide asteroid expected to pass Earth at a distance of 20,000 miles in 2029. Jan. 19, 2024 : TAGSAM is opened and Bennu samples ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft did its job a little too well on Tuesday, when it tried to scoop up a handful of rocks from an asteroid named Bennu more than 200 million miles from Earth.

Snapping images of distant worlds, galaxies, and stars is something that NASA is very good at, but it’s not often that the space agency has … ...

OSIRIS-REx took this great photo of Earth from space, on its way to Asteroid Bennu. Digital Culture Tech Science Life Social Good Entertainment Deals Shopping Games Search ...

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to collect samples from one of Earth's "quasi-moons". The photo shows some ...

After over seven years journeying through space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has finally dropped off its first package to Earth. The asteroid-studying probe is currently headed back out on its mission ...