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OSIRIS-REx

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

OSIRIS-REx

Collected Bennu material; sample returned to Earth in 2023.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
8 Sep 2016
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Asteroid Bennu
Category
Asteroid sample return
Status
Success
Vehicle
Atlas V 411
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Bennu-centric
Duration
7 years (planned) at asteroid (actual) (elapsed)

Why it happened

OSIRIS-REx flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United States's work toward asteroid bennu. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Collected Bennu material; sample returned to Earth in 2023.

Results

Collected Bennu material; sample returned to Earth in 2023.

Related missions

OSIRIS-REx Hayabusa2 — same_program Hayabusa2 OSIRIS-REx sample return — same_program OSIRIS-REx sa… ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli — competitor ExoMars Trace… Tiangong-2 — competitor Tiangong-2

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog