NASA selects University of Arizona to lead sample return mission to asteroid
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
NASA has selected the University of Arizona to lead a sample-return mission to an asteroid. The team is led by Michael Drake, director of the the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. will manage the mission for NASA. Lockheed Martin will build the spacecraft.