Launch probability: 90%

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.

Mission type: Robotic Exploration · Orbit: Heliocentric N/A

Rocket: Atlas V 411 · Provider: United Launch Alliance