Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
NASA's OSIRIS-REx is an ongoing mission that visited and collected a sample from asteroid 101955 Bennu, with the aim of returning the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
OSIRIS-Rex launched on Sept. 8, 2016, and arrived at asteroid Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. It began orbiting the carbon-rich rock on Dec. 31, 2018. A dramatic, yet brief, touchdown on Oct. 20, 2020, saw Bennu pick up a sample from the surface before beginning the long journey home on May 10, 2021.
OSIRIS-REx's sample return capsule is scheduled to bring a sample of Bennu back to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023 at about 1455 (UTC), but that will not be the end of the main spacecraft's mission. It will be retasked to swing by the near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029 with a new moniker: OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer, or OSIRIS-APEX.
We will follow OSIRIS-REx on NASAS live tracking, then follow the sample return capsule with live coverage of that on the 24th September before touchdown
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx is an ongoing mission that visited and collected a sample from asteroid 101955 Bennu, with the aim of returning the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
OSIRIS-Rex launched on Sept. 8, 2016, and arrived at asteroid Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. It began orbiting the carbon-rich rock on Dec. 31, 2018. A dramatic, yet brief, touchdown on Oct. 20, 2020, saw Bennu pick up a sample from the surface before beginning the long journey home on May 10, 2021.
OSIRIS-REx's sample return capsule is scheduled to bring a sample of Bennu back to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023 at about 1455 (UTC), but that will not be the end of the main spacecraft's mission. It will be retasked to swing by the near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029 with a new moniker: OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer, or OSIRIS-APEX.
We will follow OSIRIS-REx on NASAS live tracking, then follow the sample return capsule with live coverage of that on the 24th September before touchdown
#osirisrex #nasa #space #jpl #bennu #asteroid #sample #return #live #livestream #tracking #ToBennuAndBack
