{"id":15319,"date":"2016-08-12T19:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T11:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-solar-arrays-attached-to-asteroid-bound-osiris-rex-spacecraft\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T11:51:27","slug":"photos-solar-arrays-attached-to-asteroid-bound-osiris-rex-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-solar-arrays-attached-to-asteroid-bound-osiris-rex-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Solar arrays attached to asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

At NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, workers have finished the pre-launch assembly and fueling of OSIRIS-REx for the asteroid sample return spacecraft for liftoff Sept. 8.<\/p>\n

The probe will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket en route to Asteroid Bennu to capture a specimen for return to Earth.<\/p>\n

Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the two power-producing solar arrays were attached to the spacecraft\u2019s body on Aug. 2. Once deployed in space, the wings will measure 20.25 feet tip-to-tip to generate electricity to power the mission.<\/p>\n

This week, the Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle was stacked in the nearby Vertical Integration Facility at Complex 41. And OSIRIS-REx was loaded with 2,700 pounds of propellant that will be used to maneuver the spacecraft into orbit around Bennu and boost the craft back to Earth.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: NASA\/Ben Smegelsky<\/strong><\/p>\n

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See earlier OSIRIS-REx coverage.<\/p>\n

Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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