INQUIRER.net: US space agency plans to capture, explore asteroid

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US space agency plans to capture, explore asteroid Apr 5th 2013, 23:34 WASHINGTON— The U.S. space agency is planning for a robotic spaceship to capture a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator disclosed Friday.   The plan would speed up by four years the existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space rock closer to Earth, Sen. Bill Nelson said.   The robotic ship would capture the 500-ton, 25-foot (450 metric-ton, 7.6-meter) asteroid in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, now being developed, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle up next to the rock in 2021 for spacewalking exploration, according to a government document obtained by The Associated Pr... Keep on reading: US space agency plans to capture, explore asteroid Media files: Orion-Exploration-Flight-Test-.jpg (image/jpeg)

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