Hitchhiking Between Comets and AsteroidsHitchhiking Between Comets and Asteroids
<p></p> <p>Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn’t easy. You have to figure out how to land your spacecraft safely and then get it on its way
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NASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth AsteroidNASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth Asteroid
<p>In a few years a NASA spacecraft will seek the building blocks of life in a shovelful of asteroid dirt. The OSIRIS-REx1 spacecraft, targeted for launch in September 2016, will