OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launches tonight for mission to grab asteroid sample
![illustration of OSIRIS-REx](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/090716_osiris_rex_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, illustrated with its robotic sampling arm extended, is scheduled to launch September 8 on a mission to bring pieces of an asteroid back to Earth.
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