Asteroid Redirect Mission: Robotic Segment

Mining & Minerals - Evaluations / Off-World Exploration, Mining, & Technology

Date posted: 07/12/17

This concept animation illustrates the robotic segment of NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission. The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle, powered by solar electric propulsion, travels to a large asteroid to robotically collect a boulder from its surface. It then conducts a gravity tractor planetary defense demonstration on the asteroid before bringing the captured boulder to a stable orbit around the moon where astronauts can visit, explore, and sample it. It has begun ...