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After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer – OSIRIS-REx – spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. On May 10 at 3:23 p.m., the spacecraft fired its main engines full throttle for seven minutes – its most significant maneuver since it arrived at Bennu in 2018. This burn thrust the spacecraft away from the asteroid at 600...

OSIRIS-REx Begins Journey Home With Significant Asteroid Sample Scientists are now one step closer to learning more about how our solar system formed – and, potentially, the origins of life. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which was designed, built and flown by Lockheed Martin for NASA, departed asteroid Bennu and is headed back to Earth with a pristine asteroid sample.  After a two-year, 1.4-billion-mile return cruise that inclu...

Date Time NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample After nearly five years in space, NASAs Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. On Monday, May 10, at 4:23p.m. EDT the spacecraft fired its main engines full throttle for seven minutes its most significant maneuver since it arrived at Bennu in 2018....

Share NASA invites the public and the media to watch its first asteroid sample return mission begin a two-year cruise home at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, May 10, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. The public can follow along on the NASA Solar System Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts using #ToBennuAndBack, and ask questions about the mission by commenting on an Instagram story between 12 p.m. EDT, May 10 and 12 p.m. EDT, May 11. Answers will post to NASA Solar System’...

osiris-rex_departure.png This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA invites the public and the media to watch its first asteroid sample return mission begin a two-year cruise home at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, May 10, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website. The public can follow along on the NASA Solar System Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts using #To...

 E-Mail IMAGE: This artists concept shows the planned flight path of NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its final flyby of asteroid Bennu, which is scheduled for April 7. view more  Credit: Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennus surface during last falls sample collection event. On Apr. 7, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will get one last close encounter with Bennu as it performs a...

 E-Mail IMAGE: SwRI scientists studied the area imaged by Junos UVS instrument on April 10, 2020, and determined that a large meteoroid had exploded in a bright fireball in Jupiters upper atmosphere.... view more  Credit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. 22, 2021 -- From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiters clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data an...

By Staff Biddeford composite manufacturer FMI has been awarded a $24 million contract from NASA to provide thermal protection systems for three Mars mission programs. The company, a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR), produces reinforced thermal protection composites for products that must endure high temperatures. The company employs about 240, and plans to recruit for another 60 jobs this year, though all the positions arent related to the NASA work, according to a sp...

This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona. On May 10, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, will say farewell to asteroid Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth. During its Oct. 20, 2020, sample collection event, the spacecraft collected a substantial amount of material from Bennu’...

NASAs OSIRIS-REx Mission Plans for May Asteroid Departure On May 10, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will say farewell to asteroid Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth. During its Oct. 20, 2020, sample collection event, the spacecraft collected a substantial amount of material from Bennu’s surface, likely exceeding the mission’s requirement of 2 ounces (60 grams). The spacecraft is scheduled to deli...