NASA’s Johnson Space Center will reveal the US's first asteroid sample from the seven-year OSIRIS-REx mission on October 11. This sample will provide insights into the solar system's formation and the origin of life on Earth. The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by th
The next phase of the mission, which includes both curation and research activities, will kick off after the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule arrives at Johnson on Monday, September 25. The curation team will carefully disassemble the sample container to extract the bulk of the sample and researchers will perform a first-look analysis of the sample, the results of which will be discussed for the first time on October 11.
Johnson houses the world’s largest collection of astromaterials from the solar system under one roof, including samples from asteroids, comets,, the Moon, Sun, and dust from other stars. Scientists use world-class laboratories to perform research on planetary materials and the space environment to investigate the origin and evolution of our solar system and beyond.
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