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Spectators Enjoy Liftoff

Spectators watch Atlas V launch with OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

Image from NASA TV

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

MECO-1! Successful First Burn for Centaur

The Centaur engine has cut off after its successful first burn. The vehicle will coast for about 22 and a half minutes before the Centaur’s second and final burn.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

Centaur Engine Performing Well

Centaur burn during OSIRIS-REx launchNow nine minutes into the flight, Centaur’s RL-10 engine continues to perform well.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

A Look at Liftoff

Liftoff of Atlas V carrying OSIRIS-RExImage from NASA TV

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

Centaur Engine Takes Handoff

Booster engine cut off and booster separation. The Centaur engine has taken over and will handle the rest of the job of delivering OSIRIS-REx to its release point. This is the first of two burns the Centaur will perform tonight.

The payload fairing covering OSIRIS-REx has been jettisoned.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

SRB Jettisoned

The single solid rocket booster has been jettisoned and the first-stage RD-180 engine continues to burn. Next major milestone: booster engine cutoff.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

Mach 1, Max Q

The rocket has passed Mach 1 and is now flying through Max Q.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

Liftoff! OSIRIS-REx Heading for Bennu

Liftoff! The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is climbing toward space with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on a mission to boldly go to the asteroid Bennu — and back.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

T-1 Minute and Counting

One minute to go. Eastern Range is ‘go.’

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

T-2 Minutes and Counting

Two minutes remaining in the countdown. The Atlas V rocket is on internal power. The launch team’s primary communications channels are quiet as the final minutes tick by.

Author Anna HeineyPosted on September 8, 2016Categories OSIRIS-REx

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About the OSIRIS-REx Mission

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, with material from asteroid Bennu. When it arrives, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will release the sample capsule for a safe landing in the Utah desert. The pristine material from Bennu – rocks and dust collected from the asteroid’s surface in 2020 – will offer generations of scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago. Learn more about the OSIRIS-REx mission.

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  • Guest Blog: Bennu and Some of the Biggest Science Questions of Our Generation
  • Guest Blog: OSIRIS-REx Recovery Team Motto: ‘Practice, Practice, Practice’
  • 2020 – 2023: Touchdown! And Goodbye
  • 2019 – 2020: Choosing a Touchdown Site from a Sea of Hazards 
  • 2018: Arrival at Bennu — A World Full of Surprises 

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