Osiris-rex Launch Preparations is a photograph by Nasa/kim Shiflett/united Launch Alliance/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 13th, 2018.
Osiris-rex Launch Preparations
OSIRIS-REx launch preparations. Atlas V rocket (operated by United Launch Alliance) being rolled out with the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to... more
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Osiris-rex Launch Preparations
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Nasa/kim Shiflett/united Launch Alliance/science Photo Library
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OSIRIS-REx launch preparations. Atlas V rocket (operated by United Launch Alliance) being rolled out with the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to Pad 41 for the upcoming launch of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA. NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer) is a sample-return mission scheduled for launch on 8 September 2016. It will obtain samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu in 2018 for return to Earth in 2023. The asteroid, Bennu, may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of water and organic molecules found on Earth. Photographed on 7 September 2016.
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September 13th, 2018
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