On October 21st, NASA released images from the OSIRIS-REx’s spacecraft sampling attempt, when the vehicle gently tapped the asteroid Bennu with a robotic arm. The pictures show how much dirt and ...

Cracks and fractures in Bennu's surface seem to have been caused by heat from the sun, stunning images from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have shown.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is not due to bring home samples from the asteroid Bennu until some time in 2023, but already it is turning up some fascinating discoveries about this distant world ...

Following Tuesday's historic touchdown on the asteroid Bennu, NASA has released never-before-seen images of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft kicking up rocks and debris on the space rock's surface.

Two images taken by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show the sampling arm touch the surface of asteroid Bennu. (Image ... needed to avoid during the sampling maneuver on Oct. 20, 2020. (Image ...

New images captured by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft after a close flyby April 7 show the aftermath of when it briefly touched down on the asteroid Bennu in October and collected 2 ounces of material.

In the meantime, NASA will get to compare the before and after images of the sample site to see just how big a tattoo Osiris-Rex left on Bennu. Follow CNET's 2021 Space Calendar to stay up to date ...

As OSIRIS-REx backs away from Bennu’s surface, the spacecraft glimpses debris lofted by the sampling event. The video is stitched images taken by OSIRIS-REx’s NavCam 2 camera. NASA/Goddard ...

When the spacecraft's robotic sampling arm, named Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, or Tagsam, touched down on Bennu, it performed what amounts to a cosmic pickpocketing maneuver.

The spacecraft’s sampling head touched Bennu’s surface for approximately 6 seconds before retreating. By stirring up some of the dust and pebbles on the asteroid, OSIRIS-REx was able to grab a ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx recently dropped off a sample from asteroid Bennu, and now it will continue on to a new target: asteroid Apophis.