Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
OSIRIS-REx
The OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) is a NASA asteroid study and sample-return mission. Its mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous asteroid, and return a sample to Earth on 24 September 2023 for detailed analysis. The material returned is expected to enable scientists to learn more about the formation and evolution of the Solar System, its initial stages of planet formation, and the source of organic compounds that led to the formation of life on Earth. If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,110.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2016
56th orbital launch attempt
United Launch Alliance
111th mission
8th mission of 2016
110th successful mission
106th consecutive successful mission
Atlas V
65th mission
5th mission of 2016
64th successful mission
55th consecutive successful mission