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Asteroid Redirect Mission: Robotic Segment

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Asteroid Redirect Mission: Robotic Segment

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Tom's Hardware

10 Views • Sep 22, 2015

Description

This concept animation illustrates the robotic segment of NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission. The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle, powered by solar electric propulsion, travels to a large asteroid to robotically collect a boulder from its surface. It then conducts a "gravity tractor" planetary defense demonstration on the asteroid before bringing the captured boulder to a stable orbit around the moon where astronauts can visit, explore, and sample it.