Three Asteroid Candidates Picked For Human Exploration

Credit: NASA
NASA is taking its first steps toward meeting the Obama administration’s goal of sending astronauts to visit an asteroid by 2025, surveying possible targets and brainstorming how to make the trip possible. Although the agency knows of 44 near Earth objects (NEO) in orbits that could be accessible...

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