NASA Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Being Prepped for September Launch

A NASA asteroid-sampling probe has entered the home stretch of its prelaunch preparations. Mission team members are now fueling OSIRIS-REx and testing its software, scientific instruments, solar panels and other critical systems before moving the probe to the pad for an expected Sept. 8 launch, NASA officials said. "Delivering OSIRIS-REx to the launch site marks an important milestone — one that's been many years in the making," Rich Kuhns, OSIRIS-REx program manager at Lockheed Martin Spa