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NASA Explains Their New Asteroid Retrieval Mission
Concept of Asteroid Capture in Progress. Credit: NASA.
NASA’s FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. A spacecraft would capture an asteroid — which hasn’t been chosen yet, but would be about 7 meters (25 feet) wide — in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, a crew of about four astronauts would station-keep with the space rock in 2021 to allow for EVAs for exploration.
NASA has released new images, a video and more information about the mission.
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2013-04-10 13:16:57
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/101378/nasa-explains-their-new-asteroid-retrieval-mission/
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