NASA is readying for the next big mission: OSIRIS-REx

Engineers position the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during processing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Credits: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis)
As we wait for Juno’s first close-up images of Jupiter on August 27, NASA continues to explore our solar system to help answer fundamental questions about how we came to be, where we are going and whether we are alone in the universe.
“Juno is the latest example of the extraordinary science we have to look forward to right in our own so