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Captured by the spacecraft’s SamCam camera on Oct. 22, 2020, this image shows that the sampler head on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is full of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of AsteroidOct. 24, 2020
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine took an in-depth look at what NASA, the astronomy community and the nation need to grow the burgeoning science of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system that orbit a star.
Early Exoplanet Researcher Wins Nobel PrizeOct. 23, 2020
Captured on Oct. 20 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this image shows the SamCam imager’s field of view at the moment before the NASA spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu’s surface.
OSIRIS-REx TAGs Surface of Asteroid BennuOct. 21, 2020
Artist illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it will approach the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of ancient, pristine solar system material. The pick-up”tag” is scheduled for October 20, 2020.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches AsteroidOct. 20, 2020
This artist's illustration of Bennu and other asteroids represent building blocks of our solar system’s rocky planets.
NASA’s Big Plans to Explore Small BodiesOct. 20, 2020
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
ROSES-20 Amendment 61: Habitable Worlds Change in ScopeOct. 19, 2020
Artist illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it will approach the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of ancient, pristine solar system material. The pick-up”tag” is scheduled for October 20, 2020.
NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection ActivitiesOct. 15, 2020
Watch OSIRIS-REx & the Origin of Life on the NASA Astrobiology YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCrwF4oBCvk
OSIRIS-REx and the Origin of LifeOct. 14, 2020
NASA astrobiologist David J. Smith at the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in August 2014.
Gravity Assist: Life in the Clouds, with David J. SmithOct. 14, 2020
Mars Sample Return is a proposed mission to return samples from the surface of Mars to Earth.
Bringing Back a Piece of MarsOct. 11, 2020
Artist illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it will approach the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of ancient, pristine solar system material. The pick-up”tag” is scheduled for October 20, 2020.
Surprising Insights Into the Asteroid Bennu’s Past, as OSIRIS-REx Prepares For a Sample-Collecting “Tag”Oct. 9, 2020
Artist illustration of a red dwarf star as it unleashes a series of powerful flares.
Superflares and the Habitability of PlanetsOct. 8, 2020
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