OSIRIS-REx

20163.1 m spanSample return

LocationSpace (returned)

Year2016

Size3.1 m span

TypeSample return

About OSIRIS-REx

Collected samples from asteroid Bennu. Returned 121.6 grams of material to Earth in September 2023. The largest asteroid sample ever collected. Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth in 2182. Now redirected to study asteroid Apophis as OSIRIS-APEX.

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