Ramses: ESA’s Apophis Asteroid Mission
ESA’s Space Safety program has obtained permission to begin preparatory work for its next planetary defense mission – the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses). Ramses will rendezvous with the asteroid 99942 Apophis and accompany it through its exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029. This rare event, where an asteroid of this size […]
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