NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has embarked on its 1.4 billion-mile journey back to Earth after spending two years on asteroid Bennu. NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission will land on Bennu on October 20 to collect samples of the space rock. NASA confirmed Monday afternoon that OSIRIS-REx had left Bennu for its journey back to Earth. OSIRIS-REx is brining back the largest sample collected by a NASA mission since the Apollo astronauts returned with moon rocks. The requirement for the $1.16 billion OSIRIS-REx mission was at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of samples for return, which NASA says it has achieved.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 12:39 UTC