NASA Osiris-Rex to Bring Asteroid ‘Bennu’ Sample Back to the Planet to Land This Month

The famed mission of the NASA OSIRIS-REx is now coming to an end which is not because it is defunct or canceled, but because the spacecraft has completed its mission to retrieve asteroid samples from "Bennu." This mission is more than seven years in the making, with the van-sized spacecraft previously obtaining the samples in 2020 and lingering for as much as a year in the space region.

Now, after two years of its journey, the spacecraft is nearing the planet with a future touchdown to bring the said asteroid samples home for further studies.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx is Coming Home