The European Space Agency has set its sights on the impending close approach of the Apophis asteroid with its new Ramses mission.
In 2029, a massive asteroid called Apophis is expected to whizz close to Earth. So close, in fact, that it will come within one tenth of the distance between the Earth and Moon. Now, the European Space Agency is rushing to put together its latest mission, Ramses, which will hopefully rendezvous with the asteroid and watch the approach firsthand. The mission is called the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety—or Ramses—and the ESA is hoping to launch it by 2028.
’s own OSIRIS-REx mission will reach the asteroid, though REx did have to drop off a payload of asteroid material from Bennu before it could head that way. has previously set down on an asteroid using its OSIRIS-REx probe. The Ramses mission could become the second mission of its type to do such a thing. It is an incredibly rare event for asteroids the size of Apophis to come this close to Earth, let alone for them to hit our planet. Thankfully, we won’t have to worry about this Empire State building-sized asteroid colliding with the Earth—at least not anytime soon.
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