Space.com #NASA to Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission Next Week 2 September 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: On Thursday (Sept. 8), the agency’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, kicking off a two-year journey to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu. from Space.com ift.tt/2ceMzI0 Share: