Beyond Planet Earth: Top 3 Space Innovations Taking Flight

Recently, a lot of news has been made on how humans will be going to Mars and beyond in the near future. The space race is on and some major players and looking to lead the way. Brian Corsetti is going beyond planet earth with the top three innovations taking flight.

1. NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission
   An asteroid on a collision course with earth -- it happened in the movie Armageddon, and it could happen for real. Luckily, NASA is working hard to save us from that fate.

The plan is to send a spacecraft to collect a multi-ton boulder from the surface of an asteroid. The hope is added mass, which generates gravity, will alter an asteroids trajectory enough to save the Earth from destruction. If all goes as planned this mission should be completed by the mid 2020s.

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