
OSIRIS-REx Speeds Toward Asteroid Rendezvous (Watch the replay of the launch)
"The OSIRIS-REx mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and the largest sample returned from space since the Apollo era."
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft for NASA
"A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft for NASA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 Sept. 8 at 7:05 p.m. EDT."