ESA and JAXA Advance Potential Apophis Mission Collaboration
Ramses Mission will Shadow Asteroid during Earth Flyby
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has requested funding to participate in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses). Ramses is ESA’s proposed mission to rendezvous with the 1,230-foot asteroid Apophis and accompany it through a safe but exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029.
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