Sentences with phrase «stable orbit around the moon»

The spacecraft then will attempt to redirect the object into a stable orbit around the moon.

NASA is assessing two concepts to robotically capture and redirect an asteroid mass into a stable orbit around the moon.

To test these new technologies, the agency is planning a mission to identify, capture and redirect an asteroid to a stable orbit around the moon in the 2020s, which astronauts will visit.

The initiative also involves getting the spacecraft to redirect the object into a stable orbit around the moon.

Not exact matches

They eliminated those with orbital radii less than one tenth that of Earth's, because at that distance moon systems might not remain in stable orbits around their planets on billion - year timescales.