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OSIRIS-REx launched in 2016, landing on Bennu in 2018 and returning in 2023 The craft took off from the asteroid successfully and is heading back to Earth  It collected 2.1 ounces of rock and dust from the surface of the large asteroid These samples will be dropped in the Utah desert for scientists to study NASA scientists say the rocks should help reveal secrets of the early solar system as asteroids such as Bennu formed alongside planets like the Earth 

NASA spacecraft carrying history-making asteroid sample now heading toward Earth After spending two-and-a-half years together, a NASA spacecraft bid farewell to its asteroid companion Monday and began the long journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, and it carries a generous amount of material collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. It’s the culmination of years of hard work by the mission’s team, which was fueled by a common sense of purpose and unity, said Dante Lauretta, the mission’s principal investigator at the Unive...

NASA's Osiris-Rex headed back to Earth with asteroid rocks and dust CNET 4 days ago © Provided by CNET It came, it surveyed, it swiped. NASA After a few years hanging out with potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu (and even chest-bumping it), NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft said goodbye Monday and started its return to Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer is the agency's first spacecraft to visit a near-Earth asteroid, survey its surface and swipe a sample to bring back home for scientists to study. On Monday, at 1:23 p.m. PT,...

NASA spacecraft carrying history-making asteroid sample will head toward Earth After spending nearly two-and-a-half years together, a NASA spacecraft will bid farewell to its asteroid companion Monday and begin the long journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, and it carries a generous amount of material collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Tune in live to NASA Television and the agency’s website to follow the beginning of the spacecraft’s trek home Monday afternoon beginning at 4 p.m. ET. While we won’t see visuals of t...

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. This burn thrust the spacecraft away from the asteroid at 600 miles per hour (nearly 1,000 kilomete...