On Sept. 8, 2016, OSIRIS-REx lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a ULA Atlas V rocket to begin its seven-year mission to sample an asteroid. The largest of the three cameras on board, Polycam, was assembled and verified in the Optical Engineering Fabrication Facility (OEFF) Clean Room.

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The TAO 6.5 meter primary mirror has been moved from the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab (RFCML) to the Optical Sciences Center (COS) Optical Engineering and Fabrication Facility (OEFF).