183K views · 2.4K shares | Our first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will launch Thursday to venture to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The mission seeks to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect their orbital paths, and the origins of life in the solar system. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

79K views · 5.6K reactions | After nearly five years in space, NASA Solar System Exploration's #OSIRISREx mission is heading to Earth with a sample of rocks and dust from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid! 朗 Check out how its mission #ToBennuAndBack exceeded all expectations: https://go.nasa.gov/33zjPoZ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

50K views · 1.9K reactions | OSIRIS-REx has spent almost two years...