NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is revealed after its protective cover is removed, preparing for mission to an Asteroid.
OSIRIS-REx, which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, targeted for a Sept. 8 launch.
It will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study.
OSIRIS-REx has an approximately two-year cruise to reach the asteroid Bennu in 2018.
Image Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
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