In Pictures: NASA’s ambitious asteroid grabbing mission
NASA is developing plans for space mission to visit an asteroid
The mission will ferry technology and experiments to the moon under a NASA program that will lay the groundwork for astronaut trips by 2024 under the optimistic schedule laid out by the Trump administration.
NASA is developing plans for space mission to visit an asteroid
Nearly 30 years and 115 million miles after NASA launched its first <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/multimedia/gallery/Padam.html">space shuttle</a> , the agency is preparing for the launch of Atlantis -- the final mission for the trusty spacecraft.
NASA is in the process of deciding on the focus of its next major space venture, which would cost about $650 million and take about eight years.