United Launch Alliance's Atlas V in its 411 configuration that will carry OSIRIS-REx to space arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center by barge. The Atlas V arrived in its two separate stages, the Centaur second stage and the first stage booster. The Centaur second stage has one engine for this mission and one extra Solid Rocket Booster will be attached to the side of the Atlas first stage booster. OSIRIS-REx is an asteroid sample return mission by NASA to take a sample of the asteroid Bennu and return it back to Earth for research. The media has a chance on August 20th to view the spacecraft before encapsulation into its fairing.
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