A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the spacecraft approach and touch down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles away from Earth, to collect a sample on ...

Scientists said the footage showing the OSIRIS-REx space mission making "a good mess" on the asteroid Bennu, more than 200 million miles away, is a clear sign of success.

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 ...

This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected Dec. 2, 2018, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles ... OSIRIS-REx collected rock and dust specimens from ...

Dante Lauretta, the chief scientist of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, talks about unexpected challenges of NASA's first asteroid sampling attempt in an exclusive interview.

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 ...

Side-by-side images taken on Oct. 20, 2020, from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show the robotic sampling arm as it descended toward the surface of asteroid Bennu, left, and moments after it touched ...

Debris ejected from the surface of asteroid Bennu. (Image credit: ... The sampling experiment at Bennu shows that it's almost impossible to predict how such a rubble pile might respond to an impact.

Oct. 23, 2020 — Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough ...

image: OSIRIS-REx mission scientists thought sampling a piece of Bennu would be like a walk on the beach, but the surprisingly craggy surface proved to be more of a challenge. view more .