PIA19349: NASA's Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (Artist Concept)
Artists concept of NASA's Asteroid Redirect Robotic (ARM) Mission capturing an asteroid boulder before redirecting it to a astronaut-accessible orbit around Earth's moon.
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Artists concept of NASA's Asteroid Redirect Robotic (ARM) Mission capturing an asteroid boulder before redirecting it to a astronaut-accessible orbit around Earth's moon.

More information about NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission and the agency's Asteroid Initiative is available online at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/initiative/index.html.

Image Credit:
NASA

Image Addition Date:
2015-10-22