On this day in 2016 - September 8th - NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, an asteroid study and sample return mission.
The spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018 and was inserted into orbit in January 2019. Towards the end of September it begins the reconnaissance part of the mission.
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