OSIRIS-REx begins its return to Earth
Date as reported
The spacecraft departed Bennu carrying collected asteroid material.
- Type
- sample return
- Category
- sample return
- Subjects
- Sample return
- Mission
- OSIRIS-REx
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Destination
- asteroid
- Target body
- Bennu
- Country
- US
Sources and attribution
- NASA — OSIRIS-REx sample return (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.