osiris rex goes for a spin /

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In the image above,NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft rotates on a spin table during a weight and center of gravity test May 24 inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An overhead crane carefully returned the spacecraft to its work stand May 26 (legal) to continue prelaunch processing. OSIRIS-REx, stands for Origins, or Spectral Interpretation,Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer. The spacecraft will travel to an asteroid, or Bennu,retrieve a sample and return it to soil. Liftoff is targeted for Sept. 8 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Photos by NASA/Kim Shiflett (above) and NASA/Frank Michaux (legal)

Source: nasa.gov

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