Planets and Moons ID: 12368

Rocket-Lovers Watch OSIRIS-REx Launch

Released on September 9, 2016

OSIRIS-REx launched Thursday, September 8 at 7:05PM on an Atlas V rocket on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. Thousands of visitors watched the launch, some of whom were part of a NASA Social event.

Source Material

OSIRIS-REx Launch Footage

OSIRIS-REx Launch Anniversary

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Approaches Asteroid Bennu

For More Information

http://nasa.gov/osiris-rex

Credits

Lead Producer:
Katrina Jackson (USRA)

Host:
Katrina Jackson (USRA)

Editor:
Katrina Jackson (USRA)

Videographer:
Dan Gallagher (USRA)

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

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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12368

Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> Launch
SVS >> Kennedy Space Center
SVS >> Astrobiology
SVS >> OSIRIS-REx
SVS >> Rocket
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons