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The high-risk mission that will return an asteroid sample to Earth

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is attempting one of the most delicate maneuvers in space exploration. After collecting material ...
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OSIRIS-REx returning asteroid Bennu samples to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
IFLScience

Stardust: The NASA Mission That Brought Back Particles From "The Very Origins Of The Solar System"

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...
The Mandarin

Australia Day 2026 honours the best of public service

This year’s Australia Day Honours celebrates the contributions of several big public service names, including former ...
C&EN

Organic Origins: The Chemistry Hidden in an Asteroid

In a stunning feat of precision and chemistry-driven exploration, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission intercepted a speeding asteroid more than 200 million miles from Earth, collected samples from its surface, ...