OSIRIS-REx Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

8 Sep 2016, 11:05pm

UTC

Location

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Launch Service Provider

ULA

Vehicle

Atlas V 411

Mission

OSIRIS-REx

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Destination

Asteroid Lander

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.

Available Replays

United Launch Alliance

NASA

NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Atlas V OSIRIS-REx Launch Highlights