{"id":15248,"date":"2016-09-07T21:54:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-osiris-rex-on-pad-to-begin-voyage-to-bennu-and-back\/"},"modified":"2016-09-07T21:54:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:54:50","slug":"photos-osiris-rex-on-pad-to-begin-voyage-to-bennu-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-osiris-rex-on-pad-to-begin-voyage-to-bennu-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: OSIRIS-REx on pad to begin voyage to Bennu and back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Headed to a relic from the solar system\u2019s formation over four billion years ago, NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx sample return craft was moved to Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 launch pad today in preparation for liftoff Thursday aboard an Atlas 5 rocket en route to Asteroid Bennu hoping to find the seeds of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit: NASA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18292\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"01\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18293\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/02-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"02\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/02-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/02.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18294\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/03-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"03\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/03-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/03.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18295\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/04-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"04\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/04-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/04-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/04-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/04.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18296\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"05\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18297\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"06\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18298\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"07\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18299\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08-1024x595.jpg\" alt=\"08\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/08.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18300\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"09\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18301\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/10-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/10-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/10-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/10-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/10-1.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18302\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18303\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18304\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18305\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/15-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/15.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18306\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/16.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18307\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17-622x1024.jpg\" alt=\"17\" width=\"622\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17-622x1024.jpg 622w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17-768x1264.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18308\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"18\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18309\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/19-1024x890.jpg\" alt=\"19\" width=\"1024\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/19-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/19-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/19-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/19.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18310\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"20\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18311\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/21-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"21\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/21.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18312\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/22-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"22\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/22-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/22-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/22-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/22.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p>See earlier OSIRIS-REx coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headed to a relic from the solar system\u2019s formation over four billion years ago, NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx sample return craft was moved to Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 launch pad today in preparation for liftoff Thursday aboard an Atlas 5 rocket en route to Asteroid Bennu hoping to find the seeds of life. Credit: NASA See earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3428,724,3600,190,1527,3159,750],"class_list":["post-15248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-asteroid-bennu","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-067","tag-nasa","tag-osiris-rex","tag-rollout","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}