- In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/first-nasa-returns-asteroid-samples-earth-rcna111474 105 comments worldnews
- NASA to unveil first newly returned near-Earth asteroid sample https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-unveil-first-newly-returned-101613929.html 5 comments space
- Students can name the asteroid a NASA mission will study and return the first samples to Earth. http://planetary.org/get-involved/contests/osirisrex/ 7 comments space
- NASA prepares for a Sept. 24 delivery — the first time a U.S. mission returns an asteroid sample to Earth https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-prepares-for-osiris-rex-historic-asteroid-sample-delivery-sept-24-2023 18 comments space
- Bennu, an ancient asteroid, gets its first visitor in billions of years. NASA's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has been orbiting the rock for about a year, and now it's preparing to land on it for the first time. OSIRIS-REx will return to Earth in 2023 with the sample from Bennu. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/science/osiris-rex-nasa-asteroid-bennu.html 331 comments space