NASA To Capture An Asteroid And Redirect Its Path

NASA released new photos and video animations depicting the agency's planned mission to find, capture, redirect, and study a near-Earth asteroid. The images depict crew operations including the Orion spacecraft's trip to and rendezvous with the relocated asteroid, as well as astronauts maneuvering through a spacewalk to collect samples from the asteroid. Asteroid Sample Retrieval: This concept image shows an astronaut retrieving a sample from the captured asteroid. Credit: NASA Concept animation showing the crew operations on NASA's proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission.



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