OSIRIS-REx Liftoff
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study. Liftoff was at 7:05 p.m. EDT. The asteroid, Bennu, may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of water and organic molecules found on Earth.
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NASA ID
KSC-20160908-PH_SRJ04_0011
Date Created
September 8, 2016
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Sandy Joseph and Tim Terry
Location
Pad 41
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