# Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)

A 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/origins-spectral-interpretation-resource-identification-and-security-regolith-explorer-osiris-rex/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/osiris-rex/OSIRIS-REx.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/osiris-rex/OSIRIS-REx.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. It returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, to drop off a capsule with material from asteroid Bennu. After dropping off the sample capsule through Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft was renamed OSIRIS-APEX and sent on a new mission to explore asteroid Apophis \[…\]