Space.com #Launch Photos: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Blasts Off 9 September 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully launched into space just after 7 p.m. ET on Sept. 8. The probe will grab a sample of asteroid Bennu, and return the sample to Earth. from Space.com ift.tt/2coUJA8 Share: