Dawn

This series of images shows the OSIRIS-REX SamCam imager’s field of view as the spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface.

OSIRIS-REx unfurled its robotic arm, and in a first for NASA, briefly touched an asteroid to collect a sample.

OSIRIS-REx is working to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu and NASA also has several other asteroid missions coming up.

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will take a sample of asteroid Bennu on October 20. Here are 10 things to know about Bennu.

NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission now knows much more about the material it’ll be collecting in just a few weeks.

The next full Moon will be on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2020. The Moon will appear full from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning.

In just a few weeks, OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu’s boulder-strewn surface to collect a sample.

The small asteroid will pass by Earth at a distance of about 13,000 miles (22,000 kilometers) on Thursday, Sept. 24.

It appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta ended up on asteroid Bennu, according to observations from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

A small satellite mission to study small “rubble pile” asteroids has received NASA approval to proceed to the next phase of development.

The asteroid, which is being studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx, shows some surprising activity on its surface.

NASA’s first mission to explore the Trojan asteroids passed a critical milestone and is officially authorized to transition to its next phase.

An SUV-size space rock flew past Earth over the weekend – coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA.

The spacecraft is on track to touch asteroid Bennu's surface during its first sample collection attempt on Oct. 20.

Dawn spacecraft data answers two big questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was it geologically active?

OSIRIS-REx is almost ready for touchdown on Bennu. On Aug. 11, the spacecraft will perform its “Matchpoint” rehearsal.

The Earth has one less asteroid to worry about thanks to the research of an international team of scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

NASA’s first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu.

Lucy will fly by seven different Trojan asteroids that are orbiting the same distance from the Sun as Jupiter.

The next full Moon will be midday on Monday, August 3, 2020.

In the fall of 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft will reach its destination: asteroid Didymos and its small moonlet Dimorphos.

A comet visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system is putting on a spectacular nighttime display.

Psyche, the NASA mission to explore a metal-rock asteroid of the same name, recently passed a crucial milestone.

The next full Moon will be early Sunday morning, July 5, 2020. There also will be a partial penumbral eclipse of the Moon.

Didymos B is getting an official name of its own: Dimorphos.