OSIRIS-REx Launch Footage

Released Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:48PM

ID: 12716

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On September 8, 2016, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began its journey to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Just as the sun began to set over Cape Canaveral, OSIRIS-REx made a picture-perfect liftoff at 7:05 pm EDT. It departed Space Launch Complex 41 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket, cheered on by crowds of mission personnel and space enthusiasts. The launch sent OSIRIS-REx on a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back.

An excerpt of the launch broadcast appears at the top of this page. Raw camera feeds from Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center appear below. These clips are intended as a video editor's resource, and are available for download in their original DVCPRO HD format. Launch commentary is provided by KSC host Mike Curie.

Learn more about OSIRIS-REx from NASA and the University of Arizona.

Excerpt of OSIRIS-REx launch coverage by NASA-TV. The unedited camera feeds from this broadcast are available below.

Ground-level view of OSIRIS-REx lifting off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.

OSIRIS-REx launch viewed from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.

OSIRIS-REx launch viewed from the Vertical Integration Facility at SLC-41 on Cape Canaveral.

OSIRIS-REx launch footage from the UCS-3 camera.

OSIRIS-REx launch filmed from the NASA Causeway, between Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral. This view looks north along the Banana River toward SLC-41.

Crowd gathered at Kennedy Space Center to watch OSIRIS-REx begin its journey.

"Rocket Cam" view looking down the Atlas V 411 launch vehicle. The single solid rocket booster jettisons at 3:21 in the video.

OSIRIS-REx launch footage from the UCS-3 tracker camera.

OSIRIS-REx launch footage from the UCS-23 tracker camera.

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Planets & Moons

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Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Writer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Project support
- Amber Jean Watson (Abacus Technology Corporation)

Missions

This visualization is related to the following missions:

OSIRIS-REX

ID: 13012 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Approach Media Telecon

Aug. 24th, 2018
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Recorded audio from the OSIRIS-REx approach media teleconference on August 24, 2018, with accompanying presenter graphics. Individual graphics are available below.Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel. || OSIRIS-REx_TAG_preview.jpg (1920x1080) [380.4 KB] || OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon.mp4 (1920x1080) [4.0 GB] || FACEBOOK_720_OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [1.7 GB] || TWITTER_720_OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [934.4 MB] || OSIRIS-REx_Approach_Media_Telecon.webm (960x540) [427.4 MB] || OSIRIS-REx_Approach_082418.wav [51.6 MB] ||

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ID: 12713 Produced Video

First NASA Mission To Collect Asteroid Sample Will Slingshot by Earth - 9.22.17 Live Shots

Sept. 22nd, 2017
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

B-roll and canned interviews to be added on Thursday, Sept 21OSIRIS is pronounced: O-Si-Ris || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot.png (985x554) [2.7 MB] || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot_print.jpg (1024x575) [131.1 KB] || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.0 KB] || osiris-rex_ega_beauty_shot_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] ||

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ID: 20261 Animation

Journey to Bennu Trailer

Sept. 7th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Official trailer for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_print.jpg (1024x576) [149.3 KB] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_searchweb.png (320x180) [86.7 KB] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_web.png (320x180) [86.7 KB] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image_thm.png (80x40) [5.8 KB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_1080_h264.mp4 (1920x1080) [352.9 MB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_1080_h264.webm (1920x1080) [12.1 MB] || 20261_Journey_To_Bennu_TRAILER_MASTER2997_youtube_hq.mov (3840x2160) [5.4 GB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_MASTER_4K_ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [18.5 GB] || 0816_OSIRIS-REx_Bennu_Trailer_4K_h264.mp4 (3840x2160) [390.2 MB] || 20261_Journey_To_Bennu_TRAILER_MASTER2997.en_US.srt [44 bytes] || 20261_Journey_To_Bennu_TRAILER_MASTER2997.en_US.vtt [57 bytes] || Journey_to_Bennu_Still_Image.tif (3840x2160) [31.7 MB] ||

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ID: 12358 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx L-2 Pre-Launch Briefing Graphics

Sept. 6th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Supporting graphics for the OSIRIS-REx L-2 pre-launch briefing at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 6, 2016. || 1. Dante Lauretta - OSIRIS-REx Acronym || 0_Dante_All.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [59.1 KB] || 0_Dante_All.00001_print_searchweb.png (320x180) [45.1 KB] || 0_Dante_All.00001_print_thm.png (80x40) [4.0 KB] || 0_Dante_All.mov (1280x720) [4.2 GB] || 0_Dante_All.webm (1280x720) [32.4 MB] ||

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ID: 12360 Animation

To Bennu and Back

Sept. 6th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

NASA's latest New Frontiers mission, OSIRIS-REx, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect asteroids' orbital paths and their potential for impacting Earth, and the origins of life in the solar system. In addition, OSIRIS-REx will collect a sample from the surface of the asteroid and return it to Earth for generations of scientists to study and analyze, making this the first American asteroid sample return mission and the largest sample returned from an extraterrestrial body since Apollo. OSIRIS-REx's launch window opens September 8, 2016. This is the journey #ToBennuAndBack. ||

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ID: 12352 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Live Shots

Sept. 6th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

B-Roll that goes along with the live shots.Click for a gallery of OSIRIS-REx VIDEO AND GRAPHICSClick for more information about OSIRIS-REx || 013_B-Roll.webm (1280x720) [30.7 MB] || 013_B-Roll.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [76.5 KB] || 013_B-Roll.mov (1280x720) [3.9 GB] || 013_B-Roll.mp4 (1280x720) [466.7 MB] ||

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ID: 20253 Animation

OSIRIS-REx Launch and Deployment Animations

Aug. 17th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

OSIRIS-REx begins its journey to near-Earth asteroid Bennu from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. In addition to the launch vehicle's liquid-fueled main engine, its 411 configuration includes a strap-on solid rocket booster and a Centaur upper stage. When the launch window opens on the evening of September 8, 2016, the Atlas V will lift OSIRIS-REx above the Florida coastline and propel it eastward over the night side of Earth. Fifty-nine minutes later, OSIRIS-REx will separate from the Centaur upper stage, point its solar arrays at the rising sun, and embark on its nearly two-year cruise to Bennu. ||

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ID: 11825 Animation

OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Narrated Feature

Dec. 3rd, 2018
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

The OSIRIS-REx mission design includes complex trajectories, polar orbits, and reconnaissance flyovers that will allow the spacecraft to thoroughly explore asteroid Bennu.Music provided by Killer Tracks: Electric Cosmos, Inducing Waves, Newfound Lands, Crystal Sound Bath, ImperatumWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_Thumbnail_2.jpg (2160x1215) [860.2 KB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_Thumbnail_2_searchweb.png (320x180) [63.9 KB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_Thumbnail_2_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || FACEBOOK_720_11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [541.2 MB] || TWITTER_720_11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [86.6 MB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER.webm (960x540) [183.3 MB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [56.8 GB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_60.mp4 (3840x2160) [6.8 GB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_30.mp4 (3840x2160) [6.7 GB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_small.mp4 (3840x2160) [578.4 MB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_small_Output.en_US.srt [11.3 KB] || 11825_OSIRIS-REx_Design_MASTER_small_Output.en_US.vtt [11.4 KB] ||

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ID: 12707 Produced Video

OSIRIS-REx Launch Anniversary

Sept. 8th, 2017
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Highlights and interviews from the launch of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on September 8, 2016. Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music provided by Killer Tracks: "Uncertain Tragedy," "Particles and Fields," "The Pressure Continues," "Fear Index," "Favor" || OsirisLaunchAnniversaryPreview.jpg (1280x720) [609.7 KB] || OsirisLaunchAnniversaryPreview_thm.png (80x40) [4.7 KB] || OsirisLaunchAnniversaryPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [73.5 KB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_APR.mov (1920x1080) [4.1 GB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_YT.mp4 (1920x1080) [900.0 MB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_FB.mp4 (1280x720) [362.4 MB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_TWTR.mp4 (1280x720) [65.2 MB] || WEBM-12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_APR.webm (960x540) [123.7 MB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_Output.en_US.srt [6.5 KB] || 12707_OSIRIS-REx_Launch_Anniversary_Output.en_US.vtt [6.5 KB] ||

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ID: 12368 Produced Video

Rocket-Lovers Watch OSIRIS-REx Launch

Sept. 9th, 2016
(updated May 3rd, 2023)

Music credit: "In the Bag" by Rob Bagshaw [PRS]; Sound Pocket Music; Killer Tracks Production Music || osiris_launch_thumbnail.png (1920x1080) [2.6 MB] || osiris_launch_thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x576) [119.2 KB] || osiris_launch_thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [95.6 KB] || osiris_launch_thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || OSIRIS_launch.mp4 (1920x1080) [387.3 MB] || OSIRIS_launch.webm (1920x1080) [54.1 MB] || OSIRIS_launch.mov (1920x1080) [12.4 GB] || RocketLoversWatchOSIRISRExLaunch_Output.en_US.srt [10.0 KB] || RocketLoversWatchOSIRISRExLaunch_Output.en_US.vtt [10.0 KB] ||

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