Such an intriguing metallic planetary body has not been studied before by any spacecraft;
other asteroids visited have been of the rocky variety.
Not exact matches
There is one
other LL chondrite whose orbit is known: the
asteroid Itokawa, which the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft
visited in 2005.
The 2018 budget request cancels NASA's
Asteroid Redirect Mission — an Obama administration - era project to bring part of an asteroid near the moon so astronauts could visit the space rock and retrieve samples — but included no details on cancelation other than it was needed «to accommodate increasing development costs
Asteroid Redirect Mission — an Obama administration - era project to bring part of an
asteroid near the moon so astronauts could visit the space rock and retrieve samples — but included no details on cancelation other than it was needed «to accommodate increasing development costs
asteroid near the moon so astronauts could
visit the space rock and retrieve samples — but included no details on cancelation
other than it was needed «to accommodate increasing development costs.»
Lucy would
visit an
asteroid in the Trojan group of
asteroids, which no
other spacecraft has done yet.
Cassini could have traveled in the
other direction, toward Jupiter, or it could have been sent to
visit an assembly of
asteroids known as the Centaurs in the outer limits of the solar system.
There are
other reasons for
visiting asteroids.
This year, Mhe was flying around Earth (not checking for mete0rs or
asteroids that would impact us),
visiting North America, Europe, Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand, Indonesia and
other pinned cities, provinces, and continents in her collection of places.
Players will be able to take charge of Thor, Human Torch, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Wolverine and even some of the of villains as they
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