by Ben | Sep 15, 2023 | NASA, Press Releases
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now open. NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT for the...
by Ben | Aug 30, 2023 | NASA, Press Releases
A team led by NASA in Utah’s West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample – slated to land on Earth in September. A mockup of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and...
by Ben | Jun 29, 2023 | NASA, Press Releases
NASA invites media to the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground about 80 miles southwest of Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 20, before the agency’s first asteroid sample collected in space is returned to Earth. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October...
by Ben | Jun 23, 2023 | NASA, Press Releases
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission will deliver the agency’s first asteroid sample collected in space to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Media interested in covering the landing,...
by Ben | Jun 7, 2023 | NASA, Press Releases
NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission on Tuesday, June 27, to Wednesday, June 28, at Lockheed Martin in...