To Bennu and Back: Journey's End

OSIRIS-REX is NASA's first asteroid sample return

mission. It launched in September 2016 on a journey

to explore a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. In

October 2020, the spacecraft ventured to the

asteroid's surface and collected about 250 grams of

material for delivery to Earth. Now, two years and four

months after leaving Bennu, OSIRIS-REX is closing in

on the place where its journey began. The mission's

thrilling finale will take place on September 24, 2023,

as a capsule containing the Bennu samples touches

down in Utah's West Desert. Follow the journey to

Bennu and back at: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex