
NASA is planning a mission to redirect an asteroid in orbit around the moon. The space
agency has identified a number of potential asteroid candidates. Once chosen, NASA will
launch a robotic mission to visit the asteroid. When this robotic spacecraft arrives at
the intended asteroid, it will pick up a multi-ton boulder and redirect it to the moon.
A team of astronauts will then visit the boulder in orbit and collect samples to bring
them back to earth.
The asteroid redirection mission [ARM] will begin in the early 2020s. It is part of NASA's plan to test and advance the technologies needed for the mission to Mars in the 20
30s.
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