Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029
MILAN — The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing…
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Asteroid Apophis Is Target of Europe’s New Ramses Mission
Europe Announces New Mission to Infamous Asteroid ApophisESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before…
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
The asteroid Apophis, infamous because it's headed to brush past Earth in 2029, most likely…
NASA can’t wait for its OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft to meet ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis in 2029
NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft OSRIS-APEX will have an exciting new mission in 2029, when it…
OSIRIS-APEX prepares for 1st close solar encounter on way to asteroid Apophis
Two months ago, NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe dropped home samples of asteroid Bennu and is now…