2023 Collier Trophy awarded to University of Arizona, NASA, and Lockheed Martin for OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission, first U.S. asteroid sample collection and Earth delivery.

The University of Arizona, NASA, and Lockheed Martin have won the prestigious 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy for their work on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission. The mission was the first U.S. endeavor to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth for study. The Collier Trophy, awarded since 1911, recognizes "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America."

March 26, 2024
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