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OSIRIS-REx Sample Return

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return

  • Keegan Barber, NASA
  • Updated Aug 2, 2025

University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, right, helps recover the spacecraft's return capsule filled with sampl…

OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid as UA scientists begin 18-month work to return sample
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OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid as UA scientists begin 18-month work to return sample

  • Mikayla Mace
  • Updated Aug 12, 2020

Next stage will be to map the rocky Bennu with enough resolution that "we will be able to see a penny on the surface."

Safely there: University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu
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Safely there: University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu

  • Mikayla Mace
  • Updated Dec 12, 2019

The spacecraft will orbit the asteroid for more than a year doing science and selecting a site before collecting a pristine sample in a pogo-stick like motion.

Bennuval! returns Tucson's Fox Theatre as OSIRIS-REx set for asteroid rendezvous
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Bennuval! returns Tucson's Fox Theatre as OSIRIS-REx set for asteroid rendezvous

  • Mikayla Mace
  • Updated Nov 26, 2018

Art and science share stage in anticipation of spacecraft's arrival near asteroid Bennu.

University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission sets eyes on asteroid Bennu, begins approach phase
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University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission sets eyes on asteroid Bennu, begins approach phase

  • Mikayla Mace
  • Updated Dec 12, 2019

Spacecraft will begin slowing and collecting data on the asteroid as it closes in. It will arrive in early December. 

Both finalists for NASA's next exploration mission have UA ties
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Both finalists for NASA's next exploration mission have UA ties

  • Mikayla Mace
  • Updated Dec 22, 2020

NASA has chosen two finalists for the fourth mission of the New Frontiers Program. One team includes two UA researchers, and the other is led by a UA graduate.

UA scientists thrilled with OSIRIS-REx photos of Earth as it heads to asteroid
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UA scientists thrilled with OSIRIS-REx photos of Earth as it heads to asteroid

  • Mikayla Mace
  • Updated Aug 12, 2020

Spacecraft will reach asteroid next summer.

In test, UA-led OSIRIS-REx team snaps photos of Jupiter and its moons
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In test, UA-led OSIRIS-REx team snaps photos of Jupiter and its moons

  • By Mikayla Mace for the Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Sep 26, 2017

Spacecraft begins looking for Trojan asteroids lurking along Earth's orbital path.

On long journey to asteroid hookup, OSIRIS-REx seeks 'Trojans'
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On long journey to asteroid hookup, OSIRIS-REx seeks 'Trojans'

  • By Mikayla Mace For the Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Sep 26, 2017

OSIRIS-REx is looking for asteroids hiding along Earth's orbital path.

First he bought a telescope, then he built a backyard observatory
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First he bought a telescope, then he built a backyard observatory

  • By Elizabeth Eaton Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Dec 2, 2016

After a successful launch, key OSIRIS-REx scientist steps down.

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