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Asteroid Capture

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NASA

Mar 25, 2015
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Concept images showing the ARV collecting the boulder.
Once the boulder is secured, the ARV will mechanically push off, or “hop,” from the surface and then use thrusters to ascend from the asteroid’s surface.

Once the boulder is secured, the ARV will mechanically push off, or “hop,” from the surface and then use thrusters to ascend from the asteroid’s surface.