Payload / Mission
OSIRIS-REx
Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
