In an October update, NASA officials explained that the top of the canister, which has been previously estimated to hold ...

NASA thinks it knows why the OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe's return capsule failed to deploy its drogue parachute as planned ...

For those watching NASA's live video coverage of the OSIRIS-REx mission's return to Earth, there were hints that something ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission narrowly avoided a parachute failure, with an investigation revealing the cause and stressing the need ...

Explore a tiny asteroid sample's cosmic secrets and its potential impact on our understanding of the universe.

A little known French national laboratory is using a unique method of optical analysis to identify the mineralogy of a ...

The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu was a smashing success. The spacecraft delivered its payload of pristine asteroid regolith in September when the sample canister ...

The team is also analyzing a sample from asteroid Ryugu brought by the Hayabusa2 explorer of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

NASA's revitalized OSIRIS-REx probe has begun tucking in one of its solar panels to protect itself from the sun.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully returned samples from Bennu, despite a minor parachute deployment issue caused by wiring label ...

The capsule made it back to Earth safely with its precious asteroid samples, but NASA has confirmed a malfunction during the ...