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The 45th Space Wing supported NASA’s successful launch of the OSIRIS REx spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here September 8 at 7:05 p.m. ET. This is the first U.S. mission that will travel to near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect surface samples. As planned, the spacecraft will reach its asteroid target in 2018 and return a sample to Earth in 2023, according to NASA. (Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance)
| Date Taken: | 09.08.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 09.09.2016 09:32 |
| Photo ID: | 2841795 |
| VIRIN: | 160908-O-ZZ999-015 |
| Resolution: | 3600x2404 |
| Size: | 442.25 KB |
| Location: | CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FLORIDA, US |
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