OSIRIS-REx - Science@NASA
2023年9月24日 · Launched on Sept. 8, 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft traveled to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu (formerly 1999 RQ36). It collected a sample of rocks and dust from Bennu's surface on October 20, 2020.
OSIRIS-REx In Depth - NASA Science
Summary The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) was the first U.S. spacecraft to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water
2023年10月11日 · “The OSIRIS-REx sample is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth and will help scientists investigate the origins of life on our own planet for generations to come,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
OSIRIS-REx FAQs - NASA Science
What is OSIRIS-REx? On Sept. 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx became the first U.S. mission to deliver a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The spacecraft, which launched Sept. 8, 2016, collected rocks and dust – an estimated 8.8 ounces, or 250 grams …
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
2024年6月26日 · OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, delivered the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provided overall mission management, systems engineering, and the safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid
2020年10月20日 · OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean …
2023年9月24日 · After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth.
OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth
Article. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft capped its 7-year mission with the successful deposit of a pristine sample of surface material from the asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG - NASA
2020年9月24日 · OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
OSIRIS-REx Mission – Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...
2024年4月1日 · NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu when it returned to Earth on Sep. 24, 2023; the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space and over twice the mission’s requirement.