Oct. 19, 2020 What Touching an Asteroid Can Teach Us NASA will make history on Oct. 20 by attempting to grab a sample from an asteroid. UArizona professor Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission, discusses the significance.
Oct. 15, 2020 Why Scooping a Sample from an Asteroid is Harder than it Looks Here's what will happen on Oct. 20, when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descends to asteroid Bennu to pick up a sample of pristine material from the formation of the solar system.
Oct. 8, 2020 An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Before the spacecraft touches the surface, scientists are learning more about the material that makes up the asteroid.
Sept. 25, 2020 25 Days of 'O-REx' The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to accomplish a first for NASA: collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it back home. As the Oct. 20 collection date nears, here are 25 facts about the mission.
Sept. 24, 2020 OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG In just a few weeks, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface and collect a sample of the asteroid's rocks and dust.
Sept. 22, 2020 NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency's first attempt to make contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month.
Sept. 21, 2020 NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: 'You've Got a Little Vesta on You...' Bits of the asteroid Vesta have been found on the mission's target asteroid Bennu, highlighting the variety of asteroids in the solar system and what it says about its evolution.
Sept. 9, 2020 Where Rocks Come Alive: OSIRIS-REx Observes an Asteroid in Action While studying the asteroid Bennu up close, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft witnessed periodic outbursts of material being kicked up from the surface. Scientists detail the observations in a new collection of research papers.
Aug. 12, 2020 Successful Second Rehearsal Puts OSIRIS-REx on Path to Asteroid Sample Collection During its final practice run in preparation for sample collection at asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the surface closer than ever before.
Aug. 6, 2020 OSIRIS-REx is One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu The matchpoint rehearsal will allow the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx team to exercise nearly all systems before the sample collection event in the fall.
