At a pair of media events leading up to the September 8, 2016 launch of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, we had a chance to discuss the mission profile with Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta. Lauretta is a Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He is the P.I. for OSIRIS-REx and the guy who coined the acronym: Origins, Spectral Integration, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith EXplorer. True, the goal of the spacecraft is to send a 2 ounce to 4 pound sample of asteroid Bennu back to Earth on September 24, 2023. But a lot has to happen between now and that point.
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SpaceX Launch of CRS-9 Enables Future Crew Missions
At 12:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Monday, July 18 2016, SpaceX launched a Dragon capsule bound for the International Space Station (ISS) atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The Dragon arrived at the ISS at 6:56 AM EDT on Wednesday July 20, 2016.
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The State of Our NASA is Strong
NASA Social attendee and We Report Space contributor Anicca Harriot was present for the 2016 State of NASA address at NASA's Langley Research Center.
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Stunning, full color photo book covering every east coast launch spanning 2014-2015, including the first-ever powered landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
More InfoRising above the Space Coast at the same time of the rising sun, the Atlas V rocket sent to orbit the top secret NRO USSF-51 satellite for the United States Space Force
