OSIRIS-REx Sample Landing

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer), the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, with material from asteroid Bennu.

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The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24,...
Aerial view of the sample return capsule on the desert ground with an orange-and-white parachute attached.⁣
Lockheed Martin System Safety Engineer Victoria Thiem performs preliminary checks on the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Sunday,...
A woman wearing a blue jacket and black pants examines the capsule.⁣
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24,...
Black, top-shaped sample return capsule sits on the desert ground with flags surrounding it.
From left to right, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin, and University of...
Three men look at the capsule, one is kneeling, two are standing. ⁣
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24,...
Black, top-shaped sample return capsule sits on the desert ground.⁣
From left to right, Lockheed Martin Mission Operations Assurance Lead Graham Miller, Lockheed Martin Recovery Specialist Michael Kaye, and Lockheed...
Three men prepare the sample for transport by helicopter in the desert.⁣
On Scene Commander of Recovery Jasmine Nakayama attaches the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to a helicopter for...
The sample capsule is suspended the helicopter by long line against a bright blue sky and the desert below. A woman looks up at the capsule as it departs.⁣
Members of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Flight Operations team are seen operating a helicopter as the sample return capsule...
From behind, we see two people fly a helicopter. One lifts his arm, showing an American flag patch and OSIRIS-REx mission patch
Curation teams process the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in a cleanroom, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the...
Three people in white cleanroom suits work on the capsule, one person in a white cleanroom suit takes photos
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is transferred to a cleanroom, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department...
Several people transport the capsule into a temporary cleanroom on a cart
Recovery and curation teams join a container with the science canister from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster aircraft,...
A group of people sit inside a C-17 Globemaster aircraft with the sample return capsule and its accompany nitrogen tanks in the middle of the plane