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Animation of OSIRIS-REx mission from liftoff to return home
This NASA animation depicts the OSIRIS-REx mission to grab a sample of Asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth for study. Launch from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled for Sept. 8 and landing in Utah is planned for Sept. 24, 2023.
Probe hoisted aboard launcher to leave Earth next week on asteroid adventure
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft today moved a step closer to starting a voyage to explore an uncharted world in our solar system -- the mountain-sized Asteroid Bennu -- by joining the booster rocket that will propel it from Earth next week.
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for launch of asteroid sample return probe
At Cape Canaveral's Vertical Integration Facility, adjacent to the Complex 41 launch pad, workers with United Launch Alliance stacked the Atlas 5 rocket that will propel NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its voyage to Asteroid Bennu.
Atlas 5 rocket rehearses countdown for upcoming launch to Asteroid Bennu
Running through a practice countdown to check systems before launching a NASA sample-return probe to Asteroid Bennu in exactly two weeks, an Atlas 5 successfully completed its Wet Dress Rehearsal today.
Sophisticated new U.S. weather observatory being readied for launch
On the cusp of advancing U.S. weather forecasting, a powerful new satellite was shipped from its Denver factory to the Cape today in preparation for launch in November.
Video: Preview of the OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid
Watch the pre-flight news conference that introduces NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Sept. 8. It will capture a sample of Asteroid Bennu for return to Earth.
Photos: More Launch shots of Delta 375 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) rocket lifted off at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT) from Cape Canaveral for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program.
Delta 4 successfully soars to the high ground to deploy two patrol satellites
The 375th Delta rocket doubled the size of the Air Force's "neighborhood watch" program today with the successful launch and deployment of two surveillance satellites into the vast geosynchronous belt of spacecraft around the planet.
Photos: Delta 4 lights up the sky for night owl launch
Launching the second pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT).
Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with second GSSAP satellite duo
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket, standing 206 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 1.1 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and two side-mounted boosters at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 today to launch the GSSAP No. 3 and No. 4 satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program from Cape Canaveral.