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's Scars Tell Stories of its Past Oct. 30, 2020 Impact craters in the boulders on asteroid Bennu allowed researchers to reconstruct the history of the near-Earth object in unprecedented detail. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu Oct. 29, 2020 NASA's UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid Oct. 23, 2020 The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. But because some large pieces of rock are keeping the sample head from fully closing, the team has decided to expedite the stowing process. Read more at UArizona News Image UArizona Mission Members Celebrate OSIRIS-REx Success Oct. 20, 2020 Members of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission gathered at the university's Michael J. Drake Building to watch NASA's broadcast of the mission's Touch-and-Go sampling event. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab Oct. 20, 2020 Ten years after NASA selected UArizona to lead the OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft successfully completed its most treacherous and rewarding task: sample collection. Read more at UArizona News Image What Touching an Asteroid Can Teach Us Oct. 19, 2020 NASA will make history on Oct. 20 by attempting to grab a sample from an asteroid. UArizona professor Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission, discusses the significance. Read more at UArizona News Image Why Scooping a Sample from an Asteroid is Harder than it Looks Oct. 15, 2020 Here's what will happen on Oct. 20, when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descends to asteroid Bennu to pick up a sample of pristine material from the formation of the solar system. Read more at UArizona News Image An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked Oct. 8, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Before the spacecraft touches the surface, scientists are learning more about the material that makes up the asteroid. Read more at UArizona News Image 25 Days of 'O-REx' Sept. 25, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to accomplish a first for NASA: collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it back home. As the Oct. 20 collection date nears, here are 25 facts about the mission. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG Sept. 24, 2020 In just a few weeks, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface and collect a sample of the asteroid's rocks and dust. Read more Image NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt Sept. 22, 2020 NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency's first attempt to make contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month. Read more Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: 'You've Got a Little Vesta on You...' Sept. 21, 2020 Bits of the asteroid Vesta have been found on the mission's target asteroid Bennu, highlighting the variety of asteroids in the solar system and what it says about its evolution. Read more 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's Scars Tell Stories of its Past Oct. 30, 2020 Impact craters in the boulders on asteroid Bennu allowed researchers to reconstruct the history of the near-Earth object in unprecedented detail. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu Oct. 29, 2020 NASA's UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid Oct. 23, 2020 The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. But because some large pieces of rock are keeping the sample head from fully closing, the team has decided to expedite the stowing process. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona Mission Members Celebrate OSIRIS-REx Success Oct. 20, 2020 Members of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission gathered at the university's Michael J. Drake Building to watch NASA's broadcast of the mission's Touch-and-Go sampling event. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab Oct. 20, 2020 Ten years after NASA selected UArizona to lead the OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft successfully completed its most treacherous and rewarding task: sample collection. Read more at UArizona News
Image What Touching an Asteroid Can Teach Us Oct. 19, 2020 NASA will make history on Oct. 20 by attempting to grab a sample from an asteroid. UArizona professor Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission, discusses the significance. Read more at UArizona News
Image Why Scooping a Sample from an Asteroid is Harder than it Looks Oct. 15, 2020 Here's what will happen on Oct. 20, when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descends to asteroid Bennu to pick up a sample of pristine material from the formation of the solar system. Read more at UArizona News
Image An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked Oct. 8, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Before the spacecraft touches the surface, scientists are learning more about the material that makes up the asteroid. Read more at UArizona News
Image 25 Days of 'O-REx' Sept. 25, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to accomplish a first for NASA: collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it back home. As the Oct. 20 collection date nears, here are 25 facts about the mission. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG Sept. 24, 2020 In just a few weeks, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface and collect a sample of the asteroid's rocks and dust. Read more
Image NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt Sept. 22, 2020 NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency's first attempt to make contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month. Read more
Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: 'You've Got a Little Vesta on You...' Sept. 21, 2020 Bits of the asteroid Vesta have been found on the mission's target asteroid Bennu, highlighting the variety of asteroids in the solar system and what it says about its evolution. Read more