The mission to meet an Empire State Building-sized asteroid before it skims past Earth: European Space Agency's Ramses spacecraft will rendezvous with Apophis in 2029 and accompany it on its 'potentially hazardous' journey to our planet
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced funding for Ramse - a mission which will attempt to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis as it skims by Earth.
The mission to meet an Empire State Building-sized asteroid before it skims past Earth: European Space Agency's Ramses spacecraft will rendezvous with Apophis in 2029 and accompany it on its 'potentially hazardous' journey to our planet