Tiny Spacecraft Gears Up to Visit Small Asteroid, Will Use the Sun to Get There

NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout is preparing for the ultimate space ride. This year, the agency plans to launch Artemis I, the first uncrewed mission to the Moon – and NEA Scout is coming along. Its goal? To have a meeting with what will turn out to be the smallest asteroid ever visited by a spacecraft. NEA Scout is a small spacecraft about the size of a shoebox designed to study small asteroids located near Ear... (continue reading...)