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 samples that are thought to contain organic material. ( Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke W. Nowakowski/Released)

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