A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in 2029. The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for ...
Photo of asteroid 4179 Toutatis taken by China's Chang'e-2 spacecraft during a 2012 flyby mission Credit: Yun Jiang, Jianghui Ji, Jiangchuan Huang, Simone Marchi, Yuan Li and Wing-Huen Ip (CC BY 4.0) ...
Ramses, DESTINY+ and OSIRIS-APEX will have a ringside seat for the encounter, if all goes to plan. A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its ...