Osiris-Rex

NASA Shows Off Its First Asteroid Samples Delivered By Spacecraft

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected the samples three years ago and then dropped them off sealed in a capsule during a flyby of Earth last month.
By MARCIA DUNN, AP

NASA Launches Probe On Unprecedented Asteroid Mission

The seven-year mission aims to bring back samples from the asteroid in hopes of unlocking mysteries of the origin of life.
By Reuters