Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx at asteroid Bennu, a remnant from the dawn of the solar system that may hold clues to the origins of life. The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) is scheduled to launch Sept. 8, 2016 from Cape Canaveral. The mission, as planned, will reach the near-Earth asteroid in 2018 and return a sample of Bennu's surface coating to Earth for study as well as return detailed information about the asteroid and it's trajectory.