Launch Photos: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Blasts Off

Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 19:51 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully launched into space just after 7 p.m. ET on Sept. 8. The probe will grab a sample of asteroid Bennu, and return the sample to Earth.

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