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Live coverage: The launch of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission

8 September 2016 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 9:30 p.m. BST)

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  • Europe’s planet hunting spacecraft complete and ready for final testing
    21 October 2025
  • Nova outburst in Centaurus
    24 September 2025
  • Astronomy Now relaunches digital platform
    12 September 2025
  • Potentially habitable planet TRAPPIST-1e displays tentative evidence for an atmosphere
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