NASA Administrator Charles Bolden monitors the status of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 September 8, 2016 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The OSIRIS-REx will be the first mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study.

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden monitors the status of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 September 8, 2016 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The OSIRIS-REx will be the first mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study.

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Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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