Article 1ETAP Asteroid-sampling spacecraft prepped for September launch

Asteroid-sampling spacecraft prepped for September launch

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Story ImageOSIRIS-REx: NASA's greatest improbable acronym

NASA's improbably acronmyed* "Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security - Regolith Explorer" (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has arrived at Florida's Kennedy Space Center ahead of a September launch on an asteroid-sampling mission."

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