And that sample looks pretty big. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx probe has bagged up its precious ...

NASA's first-ever asteroid-sampling operation apparently went a little too well. The agency's OSIRIS-REx probe snagged so much dirt and rock from the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu on ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been circling the primitive asteroid Bennu for more than a year now, with mission control gearing up for its sample collection maneuver later this year. The unmanned ...

NASA’s pioneering OSIRIS-REx probe has bagged up its precious asteroid sample for return to Earth. OSIRIS-REx has finished stowing the bits of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu that it snagged last ...