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When NASA sends spacecraft to asteroids like these, be prepared for some funky, retro craft designs.

How to land on an asteroid

In the future, scientists want to be able to send spacecraft to study asteroids such as the one that will approach the Earth on Friday. A concept for these landers may look familiar to anyone who grew up in the 1970s. Egg-shaped and weighted at the bottom, the landers – prototype designs for a possible future NASA…

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