Launch Overview
Vehicle
Atlas V 411
Agency
United Launch Alliance
Site / Pad
CC / SLC41
Outcome
Success
Flight
AV-067
COSPAR Designator
2016-055
Mission
OSIRIS-REx (Robotic Exploration)
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Atlas V 411
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Agency launches
112 (8 YTD)
Site launches
751 (15 YTD)
Pad launches
82 (6 YTD)