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NASAs OSIRIS-REx probe performed one last trajectory-correcting maneuver on Sunday (Sept. 17) to set up the Sept. 24 arrival of its asteroid sample here on Earth.

A tiny load of cargo seven years in the making will touch down in the Utah desert later this month.

This Thursday will be the start of the fall season of shows at the William M. Thomas Planetarium with "Mars One Thousand One" (or "Mars 1K1").

Scientists believe an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building could hit Earth in 159 years' time - and NASA experts are finalising plans for an Armageddon-style deflection should it be required

NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission to bring back samples from asteroid Bennu after 7 years in space, potentially hazardous.

They include one rocket launch, a distant fly-by between Jupiter and Mars, and the recovery of ancient space rocks in the Utah desert that could contain the ingredients for life.

Samples from an Empire State Building-sized space rock heading for Earth will finally return after a seven-year mission in deep space

For Star subscribers: As NASAs asteroid sampling mission is coming home, the University of Arizona professor in charge talks about the journey, the stakes and how hes feeling.

The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now open.

NASA's Ben Ashman talks about the upcoming asteroid sample return, set to land in Utah.