..., and Security–Regolith Explorer ( OSIRIS-REx ) asteroid sample return mission as the third of its New Frontiers program missions. The previous, yet ongoing, two New Frontiers missions are New Horizons — which explored Pluto during a flyby in July 2015 and is on its way for a flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014...

... meteorites in the future may provide some of the best-preserved cometary components available for laboratory study until sample return from a comet surface is achieved. In the near term, sample return from the C-type asteroids Ryugu, by the Hayabusa2 mission, and Bennu, by the OSIRIS-REx mission, could...

... vidual events turned simple life s building blocks into increasingly complex molecules that ultimately yielded life. Her work involves the analyses of a range of astromaterials, including meteorites and samples returned by space missions, such as the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx missions. Cécile Engrand...

... for studying and interpreting the samples returned from the NASA OSIRIS-REx and JAXA Hayabusa2 missions. * E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript handled by Steven B. Simon 18 9 2020 6 1 2021 Copyright © 2021 by the Mineralogical Society of America 2021 Mineralogical Society...

..., and the delivery of samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission are highly anticipated for later this year. Meanwhile, samples are being cached on the surface of Mars, plans are underway for collecting samples from our Moon as well as on the Martian moon Phobos, and mission concepts are working toward acquiring samples...

... future even brighter: the Chang e 5 mission, which is due to come back any day as I write; the Hayabusa 2 mission, which has successfully brought back samples from asteroid Ryugu; and the OSIRIS-Rex mission, which has already sampled asteroid Bennu and will return in a few years. The samples brought back...

... sample-return missions, including ongoing sample-return missions like OSIRIS-REx and Mars 2020. Each sample collection and/or affiliated witness materials are housed in dedicated clean rooms tailored to the requirements of that sample collection. From 1969 to 1972, the Apollo mission astronauts...

... ; Bibring et al. , 2017 ). NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is currently en route to the asteroid Bennu and includes the Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer (OVIRS) instrument, which is a point spectrometer that will facilitate...

...F igure 7 Logos of missions scheduled to visit asteroids in the near future: Dawn (NASA), OSIRIS-REx (NASA), Hayabusa-2 (JAXA), and MarcoPolo-R (ESA) ...

... asteroids also bear organic matter, including the Ryugu asteroid, recently analyzed by the Hayabusa2 mission (e.g., Naraoka et al. 2023 ; Yabuta et al. 2023 ). The OSIRIS-REx sample return mission will also provide significant insight into the organic composition of asteroids, especially given...

... down on Mars. It is the first space robotic explorer designed to study the interior of a planet by using seismology, geodesy, and heat flow measurements. On 3 December 2018, the NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx reached the carbonaceous asteroid Bennu and discovered the presence of water. On 3 January 2019...

... awaiting the arrival of new asteroidal material to be returned by the Hayabusa 2 and Osiris Rex missions to carbonaceous chondrite-type asteroids. This makes the CRPG somewhat unique among geochemistry labs. The exploration of the Moon and lunar sample returns by the Apollo and Luna missions led...

... materials experienced during their evolution prior to planet formation. In pursuit of pristine materials with geologic context, Tachibana has been actively involved in the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx asteroidal sample return missions. He played a key role in setting the scientific goals of Hayabusa2...

... sampled the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa ( Tsuchiyama 2014 ). Asteroid sample-return missions are also scheduled for later in this decade (OSIRIS-REx, Hayabusa-2). Compositional studies of meteorites indicate that they originated from at least many tens of distinct parent bodies ( Keil 2000 ). It also...

... of pioneering work in meteoritics, cosmochemistry, and planetary science, and several of its scientific institutions are still active in these fields. The 2021 Met Soc meeting will feature special sessions on asteroid sample-return missions Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx. More details about the meeting program...

... on NASA s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, Lead Scientist for the Sample Elements and Isotopes Working Group, and is preparing her laboratory for the analysis of returned material from asteroid Bennu. Hélène Bureau is Director of Research at the French National Center of Research CNRS, working...

... surface materials but also subsurface materials were acquired. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft delivered its collected samples to Earth in December 2020. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft also reached another near-Earth B-type (a subcategory of C-type) carbonaceous asteroid (101955) Bennu in December 2018 ( Lauretta...

... of OSIRIS-Rex. Emphasis will also be placed on micrometeorites and the curation of extraterrestrial samples through the organization of a workshop at the RBINS. More information concerning the scientific program will be provided soon on the website httpsmetsoc2024.brussels. As the worldwide COVID-19 crisis...

... and the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu are already in flight. Both plan to visit a primitive asteroid and return samples to Earth, which will be an invaluable opportunity to learn more about the processes that shaped our solar system. Ultimately, a sample return from a cometary nucleus would...