Bennu Sample Headed Back to Earth Aboard OSIRIS-REx

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with the asteroid Bennu sample collected during its years-long mission.

“OSIRIS-REx’s many accomplishments demonstrated the daring and innovate way in which exploration unfolds in real time. The team rose to the challenge, and now we have a primordial piece of our solar system headed back to Earth …