Science ❯ Space Exploration

Sample Return Missions

Mars Sample Return OSIRIS-REx NASA's Osiris-Rex NASA Quantity of Samples Analysis and Research Hayabusa2 International Collaboration Hayabusa 2

Ryugu Samples Reveal Billion-Year-Late Liquid Water and a Far Wetter Parent Asteroid

Evidence of disturbed Lu–Hf isotopes in Hayabusa2-returned material points to impact heating long after formation.

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering