Bennu sample delivery marks the start of extended OSIRIS-APEX mission

A spacecraft flying above an asteroid
Sunday, September 24, 2023

After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis.

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