CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Mission mangers at NASA are expected to meet Tuesday for a final review before this week's planned rocket launch to an asteroid.
The OSIRIS-REx satellite will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral.
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The spacecraft will travel for two years to study and collect samples from an asteroid. It will then send the samples back to Earth.
NASA hopes the multibillion-dollar mission will help scientists better understand how the solar system was formed.
Liftoff is set for 7:05 p.m. Thursday.