NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission

  • Released Friday, April 29, 2016

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so that scientists can study pristine material left over from the early solar system.

Learn more at nasa.gov/osiris-rex and asteroidmission.org.

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This page was originally published on Friday, April 29, 2016.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT.


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