World Map Numbered 3-13-2023-01 – OSIRIS-REx Mission

This graphic shows a global map of white continents against light blue seas, with lines jutting out from the center, which is in North America. The map helps visualize the global nature of the OSIRIS-REx mission. Each line points to a global destination for pieces of the sample of Bennu. There are 38 lines, all of which start in Houston, Texas, where the sample of Bennu will be stored and curated. Below the global map is a list of the 38 institutions that will be receiving samples for a diversity of scientific investigations.

This graphic shows a global map of destinations for the asteroid Bennu sample, which will arrive on Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Below the map is a list of the 38 institutions that will be the first to receive samples for a diversity of scientific investigations. The map is centered on Houston, where the sample will be curated and stored for the wider scientific community of today and of the future. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona.

About the OSIRIS-REx Mission

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, with material from asteroid Bennu. When it arrives, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will release the sample capsule for a safe landing in the Utah desert. The pristine material from Bennu – rocks and dust collected from the asteroid’s surface in 2020 – will offer generations of scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago. Learn more about the OSIRIS-REx mission.