Finally here! Two years after #nasa 's #OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples of #asteroid #bennu to Earth, we have now received 319 mg to study in our labs. We are hoping to determine Bennu’s isotopic composition and learn more about its “birthplace” in the Solar System.
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Finally here! Two years after #nasa 's #OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples of #asteroid #bennu to Earth, we have now received 319 mg to study in our labs. We are hoping to determine Bennu’s isotopic composition and learn more about its “birthplace” in the Solar System.
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
Day 2 at NASA Johnson and we’re in Mission Control Center with Flight Director Pooja Jesrani! One hour before asteroid sample reveal #NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack 🔭
October 11, 2023 at 11:13 PM
Day 2 at NASA Johnson and we’re in Mission Control Center with Flight Director Pooja Jesrani! One hour before asteroid sample reveal #NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack 🔭
going to be a good day: @OSIRISREx launches for #Bennu from the Cape in a few hours. sadly it's NASA's last interplanetary launch until 2018
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 PM
going to be a good day: @OSIRISREx launches for #Bennu from the Cape in a few hours. sadly it's NASA's last interplanetary launch until 2018
The last time OSIRISREx was seen was being deployed by an atlas centaur 7 years ago. In just two days it returns carrying samples from the cosmos (asteroid Bennu)
https://t.co/YsnQrHxmy5
https://t.co/YsnQrHxmy5
November 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM
The last time OSIRISREx was seen was being deployed by an atlas centaur 7 years ago. In just two days it returns carrying samples from the cosmos (asteroid Bennu)
https://t.co/YsnQrHxmy5
https://t.co/YsnQrHxmy5
With @khfreeman.bsky.social and 8 super excited !!! junior scientists watching as the capsule containing material from asteroid #Bennu is curated by a science and safety team #OSIRISREx www.nasa.gov/nasalive
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September 24, 2023 at 3:58 PM
With @khfreeman.bsky.social and 8 super excited !!! junior scientists watching as the capsule containing material from asteroid #Bennu is curated by a science and safety team #OSIRISREx www.nasa.gov/nasalive
OSIRIS-REx Team Clears Hurdle to Access Remaining Bennu Sample
astrobiology.com/2024/01/osir... #astrobiology #astrogeology #astrochemistry #OSIRISREx
astrobiology.com/2024/01/osir... #astrobiology #astrogeology #astrochemistry #OSIRISREx
January 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM
OSIRIS-REx Team Clears Hurdle to Access Remaining Bennu Sample
astrobiology.com/2024/01/osir... #astrobiology #astrogeology #astrochemistry #OSIRISREx
astrobiology.com/2024/01/osir... #astrobiology #astrogeology #astrochemistry #OSIRISREx
Congratulations to NASA and the OsirisRex team! 7 years and nearly 4 billion miles later, we have samples from an asteroid delivered to Earth.
September 24, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Congratulations to NASA and the OsirisRex team! 7 years and nearly 4 billion miles later, we have samples from an asteroid delivered to Earth.
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182 @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Bennu #asteroid #DART #OSIRISREx #space
sightmagazine.com.au/news/scienti...
sightmagazine.com.au/news/scienti...
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182 - Sight Magazine
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, making its closest approach every six years at about 299,000 kms away.
sightmagazine.com.au
February 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182 @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Bennu #asteroid #DART #OSIRISREx #space
sightmagazine.com.au/news/scienti...
sightmagazine.com.au/news/scienti...
If you're wondering what's happening with the main OSIRISREx spacecraft - it's going to live on for another mission. The spacecraft has fired its engines to head towards asteroid Apophis, a near Earth asteroid. www.hou.usra.edu/mee...
September 24, 2023 at 12:57 PM
If you're wondering what's happening with the main OSIRISREx spacecraft - it's going to live on for another mission. The spacecraft has fired its engines to head towards asteroid Apophis, a near Earth asteroid. www.hou.usra.edu/mee...
NASA's #OSIRISREx sample capsule has successfully landed at the Utah Test and Training Range, returning samples from Asteroid 101955 Bennu.
The remaining spacecraft has been diverted to a course to a rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2029.
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/osi...
The remaining spacecraft has been diverted to a course to a rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2029.
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/osi...
OSIRIS-REx (New Frontiers 3)
NASA has selected the University of Arizona to lead the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security Regolith ...
space.skyrocket.de
September 24, 2023 at 3:16 PM
NASA's #OSIRISREx sample capsule has successfully landed at the Utah Test and Training Range, returning samples from Asteroid 101955 Bennu.
The remaining spacecraft has been diverted to a course to a rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2029.
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/osi...
The remaining spacecraft has been diverted to a course to a rendezvous with asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2029.
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/osi...
The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule has been opened! I was giddy seeing how dirty the sample head is! All of that "dirt" is asteroid material! (Bonus sample!) #osirisrex
September 27, 2023 at 12:26 AM
The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule has been opened! I was giddy seeing how dirty the sample head is! All of that "dirt" is asteroid material! (Bonus sample!) #osirisrex
#OsirisRex zundak Benu asteroidean jasotako laginetan bizidunek erabiltzen dituzten 20 aminoazidoetatik 14 topatu dituzte. Gainera, laginak DNA eta ARN -an geneak kodifikatzeko erabiltzen diren 5 nukleobase dituzte.
Honek ez du estralurtarrak daudela esan nahi!
Honek ez du estralurtarrak daudela esan nahi!
January 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#OsirisRex zundak Benu asteroidean jasotako laginetan bizidunek erabiltzen dituzten 20 aminoazidoetatik 14 topatu dituzte. Gainera, laginak DNA eta ARN -an geneak kodifikatzeko erabiltzen diren 5 nukleobase dituzte.
Honek ez du estralurtarrak daudela esan nahi!
Honek ez du estralurtarrak daudela esan nahi!
Dante Lauretta tells reporters he "cried like a baby in that helicopter" once the #OSIRISREX parachute deployed & he knew it would land safely.
September 24, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Dante Lauretta tells reporters he "cried like a baby in that helicopter" once the #OSIRISREX parachute deployed & he knew it would land safely.
I know twitter is usually awful, but the JAXA Hayabusa2 team have posted a thread of congratulations messages to the NASA OSIRIS-REx team, and the support that different missions from different countries have for one another is why I'm in space science 🛰️🫶🛰️
September 25, 2023 at 2:22 AM
I know twitter is usually awful, but the JAXA Hayabusa2 team have posted a thread of congratulations messages to the NASA OSIRIS-REx team, and the support that different missions from different countries have for one another is why I'm in space science 🛰️🫶🛰️
#OSIRISREx studies of #Bennu reveal that
the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread at early times across the early solar system, increasing the odds life could have formed on other planets and moons:
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread at early times across the early solar system, increasing the odds life could have formed on other planets and moons:
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients - NASA
Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and
www.nasa.gov
January 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#OSIRISREx studies of #Bennu reveal that
the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread at early times across the early solar system, increasing the odds life could have formed on other planets and moons:
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread at early times across the early solar system, increasing the odds life could have formed on other planets and moons:
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
#OSIRISREx #NASA Sorry to point this out, but the first few lines of this news story are how so many sci fi horror films start...!
"Dusty samples from the "most dangerous known rock in the Solar System" have been brought to Earth."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
"Dusty samples from the "most dangerous known rock in the Solar System" have been brought to Earth."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
Osiris-Rex: Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples
A capsule carrying rocky debris from asteroid Bennu hurtles through space and lands in Utah.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2023 at 6:41 PM
#OSIRISREx #NASA Sorry to point this out, but the first few lines of this news story are how so many sci fi horror films start...!
"Dusty samples from the "most dangerous known rock in the Solar System" have been brought to Earth."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
"Dusty samples from the "most dangerous known rock in the Solar System" have been brought to Earth."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
The VIP tent next to us is cheering as #OSIRISREX enters the atmosphere
September 24, 2023 at 2:43 PM
The VIP tent next to us is cheering as #OSIRISREX enters the atmosphere
Rich Kuhns: The TAGSAM sample arm concept began as a solo cup and an air compressor in a driveway :) #gottastartsomewhere @OSIRISREx
March 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Rich Kuhns: The TAGSAM sample arm concept began as a solo cup and an air compressor in a driveway :) #gottastartsomewhere @OSIRISREx
🧪 Similar phosphates were found in JAXA’s Ryugu sample, but Bennu's purity and grain size are unprecedented.These findings provide valuable clues about Bennu's historic conditions. #Astrobiology #OSIRISREX
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June 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
🧪 Similar phosphates were found in JAXA’s Ryugu sample, but Bennu's purity and grain size are unprecedented.These findings provide valuable clues about Bennu's historic conditions. #Astrobiology #OSIRISREX
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OSIRISRex capsule and parachute in the ground - crews are moving in to assess safety and begin retrieval
September 24, 2023 at 3:18 PM
OSIRISRex capsule and parachute in the ground - crews are moving in to assess safety and begin retrieval
Photo in that last tweet is of @OSIRISREx, which is under construction for launch in 2016. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/dante-lauretta/20150402-osiris-rex-begins-atlo.html
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www.planetary.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Photo in that last tweet is of @OSIRISREx, which is under construction for launch in 2016. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/dante-lauretta/20150402-osiris-rex-begins-atlo.html
Les premières analyses des échantillons de l'astéroïde Bennu ramenés sur Terre par #OsirisRex sont prometteuses.
A découvrir sur le blog : reves-d-espace.com/les-premiers...
A découvrir sur le blog : reves-d-espace.com/les-premiers...
Les premiers résultats d’analyses des échantillons ramenés par Osiris-Rex
La capsule ramenant des échantillons de l’astéroïde Bennu capturés par la sonde Osiris-Rex de la NASA est rentrée sur Terre le 24 septembre. Les premières analyses ont été effectuées et ell...
reves-d-espace.com
October 21, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Les premières analyses des échantillons de l'astéroïde Bennu ramenés sur Terre par #OsirisRex sont prometteuses.
A découvrir sur le blog : reves-d-espace.com/les-premiers...
A découvrir sur le blog : reves-d-espace.com/les-premiers...
#OSIRISREx mission launches this Thursday, reaches asteroid Bennu in 2018, collects sample in 2020, and returns sample in 2023. #GoAtlas !!!
December 2, 2024 at 4:26 AM
#OSIRISREx mission launches this Thursday, reaches asteroid Bennu in 2018, collects sample in 2020, and returns sample in 2023. #GoAtlas !!!
La nave espacial #OSIRISREx encendió brevemente sus propulsores para apuntar hacia la Tierra, poniéndola en camino para liberar su cápsula de retorno de muestras desde 102.000 kilómetros sobre la superficie de la Tierra el 24 de septiembre go.nasa.gov/3RhtI4R
September 21, 2023 at 12:22 PM
La nave espacial #OSIRISREx encendió brevemente sus propulsores para apuntar hacia la Tierra, poniéndola en camino para liberar su cápsula de retorno de muestras desde 102.000 kilómetros sobre la superficie de la Tierra el 24 de septiembre go.nasa.gov/3RhtI4R