The library below will be updated with news about what the science team learns from the material from Bennu.
The first US mission to collect a sample from an asteroid.
September 8, 2016 - Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
December 3, 2018 - Completed its 2 billion km journey to asteroid Bennu
October 20, 2020 - Touched the surface of Bennu to collact a sample of asteroid material
May 10, 2021 - Began the journey back to Earth
September 24, 2023 - Dropped off the asteroid material from Bennu on Earth before continuing on to its new mission to asteroid Apophis, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX.
The material from Bennu will be studied by an international team of scientists, including ROM's Dr. Kim Tait!