NASA scientists successfully brought an asteroid sample back to Earth in September, making them the first U.S. space agency to do so. All they have to do now is figure out how to open the Touch ...

NASA’s first asteroid ... recovery team moved in via helicopters. British astronomer Daniel Brown, who was not involved in the mission, said he expects “great things” from NASA’s largest ...

The first helicopter has landed and the team is beginning recovery ... vehicle did indeed touch the asteroid today, but NASA won’t know until tomorrow if it actually snagged a sample of material.

NASA says it's found water, carbon and organic matter on an asteroid sample that returned to Earth last month. The samples were collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from an asteroid called ...

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from ... disconnected and strewn nearby, as the recovery team moved in via helicopters. “Boy, did we stick that landing,” Lauretta said.

NASA is holding a news conference on Wednesday to discuss the latest plan to recover samples from the asteroid Bennu, which will return to the Earth through the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in September.

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space ... disconnected and strewn nearby, as the recovery team moved in via helicopters.“Boy, did we stick that landing,” Lauretta said.

NASA’s first asteroid ... s recovery effort in Utah included helicopters as well as a temporary clean room set up at the Defense Department’s Utah Test and Training Range. The samples will ...