Rocket-Lovers Watch OSIRIS-REx Launch

OSIRIS-REx launched Thursday, September 8 at 7:05PM on an Atlas V rocket on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. Thousands of visitors watched the launch, some of whom were part of a NASA Social event.

Music credit: "In the Bag" by Rob Bagshaw [PRS]; Sound Pocket Music; Killer Tracks Production Music

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson