Meet the Leading Space Rock Target for NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
NASA intends to pluck a boulder off a near-Earth asteroid and haul it into orbit around the moon. Agency officials haven't decided upon the target asteroid yet, but the leading contender at the moment is the 1,300-foot-wide 2008 EV5.