OSIRIS-REx, slated to become the first asteroid sample return mission for the U.S. space agency, is scheduled to launch in September 2016 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Cape ...

NASA managers have given the approval for the launch Sept. 8 of a spacecraft that will travel to a nearby asteroid and collect samples for return to ... Home / OSIRIS-REx cleared for Thursday launch.

OSIRIS-REx launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket on Sept. 8, 2016 at 7:05 pm EDT. (Image credit: United Launch Alliance) ...

OSIRIS-REx: Countdown to Launch is a half-hour AZPM original documentary providing an in-depth look at the science and scientists behind the asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx.

The much-anticipated reveal has been seven years in the making, from the OSIRIS-REx mission’s launch in 2016 to the capsule landing last month. Some have looked forward to the moment for even ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is launching tonight from Cape Canaveral, where it will enter orbit and then begin its journey to land on a nearby asteroid. In 2018, OSIRIS will land on the ...

I imagined OSIRIS- REx tucked inside, waiting anxiously to fulfill its destiny. I pulled into the parking spot labeled Principal Investigator, and snapped a photo of the plaque for posterity. The ...

When NASA’s only major concerns for the OSIRIS-REx launch on Thursday are some fluffy white clouds, you know the mission is in good shape. The mission, led by the University of Arizona’s Lunar ...

As the OSIRIS-REx rocket began its trek to the stars 2,000 miles away in Florida, students at the University of Arizona gathered to cheer it on. ... The launch was an hour away.

Cost of the mission, excluding launch, is $800 million. OSIRIS-REx is an acronym for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, which was a seven-year ...

OSIRIS-REx’s sample return is the first phase of what NASA has dubbed “Asteroid Autumn.” After a long delay , the space agency’s Psyche mission is scheduled to launch on October 5 toward a ...

The much-anticipated reveal has been seven years in the making, from the OSIRIS-REx mission’s launch in 2016 to the capsule landing last month. Some have looked forward to the moment for even ...