#exlabs — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116274828437290407
The #ESA wants to investigate how the #asteroid deforms during its flyby of Earth and how its trajectory could be influenced should #Apophis ☄️ become a threat to Earth in the future. About a week after the Earth flyby, a #Japanese lander is scheduled to land. Another lander from an unknown client is set to head for Apophis, about which nothing further is known. Both will be transported to Apophis by the private US space company #ExLabs https://www.exlabs.space
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Companies are pitching concepts for missions to visit an asteroid that will make a close approach to Earth in five years. The asteroid Apophis will pass closer to the Earth than the GEO satellite belt in April 2029, but with no risk of impact, and scientists are eager to send spacecraft to study Apophis both before and after the flyby. At a workshop this week, Blue Origin said it is offering its Blue Ring spacecraft for an Apophis mission, with room for up to 13 instruments or deployable spacecraft.
https://spacenews.com/companies-offer-proposals-for-apophis-asteroid-missions/