Image March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum Read more at UArizona News Jan. 11, 2024 NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Read more at UArizona News Image Jan. 8, 2024 UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Read more at UArizona News Image Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Read more at UArizona News Image Image Asteroid sample delivery to launch decades of science Aug. 22, 2023 When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivers a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, it will launch decades of scientific investigation. Mission principal investigator Dante Lauretta is most excited to shed light on the origins of life on Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx team members practice recovering asteroid sample capsule bound for Earth July 6, 2023 Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases its capsule full of pristine asteroid material over the Utah desert in September. Members of the mission team gathered at Lockheed Martin in Colorado to rehearse recovering the capsule and its precious cargo. Read more at UArizona News Image 6 months to go until historic asteroid sample delivery March 24, 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with the sample it collected from asteroid Bennu's rocky surface in 2020. When the sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will become the first U.S. mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl Feb. 8, 2023 University of Arizona space sciences activities generate more than $560 million every year for the local economy, according to an economic impact report delivered by Rounds Consulting Group. Read more at UArizona News Image Solar system 'detectives' search for clues in 'crumbs' left over from early solar system Jan. 25, 2023 NASA awarded nearly $3 million to the University of Arizona Kuiper Materials Imaging and Characterization Facility to support OSIRIS-REx sample science and much more. Read more at UArizona News Image Astronomical images, asteroid exploration and a long-awaited art arrival: Top stories of 2022 Dec. 13, 2022 From exploring the deepest corners of the universe to reimagining urban heat resilience, University of Arizona expertise in several disciplines generated international headlines in 2022. Read more at UArizona News Image Planetary scientist Dani DellaGiustina makes Popular Science Brilliant 10 Oct. 19, 2022 Dani DellaGiustina, deputy principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission and principal investigator for OSIRIS-APEX, was named to the list for her work to understand the solar system's past, present and future. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx scientists: Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit July 7, 2022 Before-and-after data from the few seconds it took the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu revealed a surprise: The particles of Bennu's exterior are so loosely packed, they act more like a fluid than a solid. Read more at UArizona News Image Dante Lauretta, leader of NASA's history-making OSIRIS-REx mission, will address graduates at Commencement April 29, 2022 Lauretta is principal investigator of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA's premier mission to visit a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid and bring back a sample. Read more at UArizona News Image NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid April 25, 2022 The extended UArizona-led mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which is expected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx mission team wins 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration Jan. 19, 2022 The award recognizes the team behind the mission's successful collection of a pristine asteroid sample for laying "the groundwork for forging the next generation of scientists, astronomers, geologists and more." Read more at UArizona News Image Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace' Dec. 16, 2021 The University of Arizona has joined a collaboration with Space Trust – a nongovernmental organization based in the United Kingdom – and the University of Nairobi in Kenya to develop a series of Earth-orbiting spacecraft built by university students. Read more at UArizona News Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum Read more at UArizona News
Jan. 11, 2024 NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Read more at UArizona News Image
Jan. 8, 2024 UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Read more at UArizona News Image
Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Read more at UArizona News Image
Image Asteroid sample delivery to launch decades of science Aug. 22, 2023 When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivers a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, it will launch decades of scientific investigation. Mission principal investigator Dante Lauretta is most excited to shed light on the origins of life on Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx team members practice recovering asteroid sample capsule bound for Earth July 6, 2023 Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases its capsule full of pristine asteroid material over the Utah desert in September. Members of the mission team gathered at Lockheed Martin in Colorado to rehearse recovering the capsule and its precious cargo. Read more at UArizona News
Image 6 months to go until historic asteroid sample delivery March 24, 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with the sample it collected from asteroid Bennu's rocky surface in 2020. When the sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will become the first U.S. mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl Feb. 8, 2023 University of Arizona space sciences activities generate more than $560 million every year for the local economy, according to an economic impact report delivered by Rounds Consulting Group. Read more at UArizona News
Image Solar system 'detectives' search for clues in 'crumbs' left over from early solar system Jan. 25, 2023 NASA awarded nearly $3 million to the University of Arizona Kuiper Materials Imaging and Characterization Facility to support OSIRIS-REx sample science and much more. Read more at UArizona News
Image Astronomical images, asteroid exploration and a long-awaited art arrival: Top stories of 2022 Dec. 13, 2022 From exploring the deepest corners of the universe to reimagining urban heat resilience, University of Arizona expertise in several disciplines generated international headlines in 2022. Read more at UArizona News
Image Planetary scientist Dani DellaGiustina makes Popular Science Brilliant 10 Oct. 19, 2022 Dani DellaGiustina, deputy principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission and principal investigator for OSIRIS-APEX, was named to the list for her work to understand the solar system's past, present and future. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx scientists: Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit July 7, 2022 Before-and-after data from the few seconds it took the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu revealed a surprise: The particles of Bennu's exterior are so loosely packed, they act more like a fluid than a solid. Read more at UArizona News
Image Dante Lauretta, leader of NASA's history-making OSIRIS-REx mission, will address graduates at Commencement April 29, 2022 Lauretta is principal investigator of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA's premier mission to visit a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid and bring back a sample. Read more at UArizona News
Image NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid April 25, 2022 The extended UArizona-led mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which is expected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx mission team wins 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration Jan. 19, 2022 The award recognizes the team behind the mission's successful collection of a pristine asteroid sample for laying "the groundwork for forging the next generation of scientists, astronomers, geologists and more." Read more at UArizona News
Image Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace' Dec. 16, 2021 The University of Arizona has joined a collaboration with Space Trust – a nongovernmental organization based in the United Kingdom – and the University of Nairobi in Kenya to develop a series of Earth-orbiting spacecraft built by university students. Read more at UArizona News