The spacecraft Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster, assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, May 20, 2016, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The OSIRIS-REx will be launched out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and will intercept the asteroid Bennu in order to gather rock sample that is thought to contain organic material. Airman 1st Class Luke W. Nowakowski

The spacecraft Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster, assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, May 20, 2016, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The OSIRIS-REx will be launched out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and will intercept the asteroid Bennu in order to gather rock sample that is thought to contain organic material. Airman 1st Class Luke W. Nowakowski Stock Photo

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