ESA and JAXA have finalized an agreement to collaborate on a mission to study the asteroid Apophis during its close flyby of Earth in 2029.
The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have finalized an agreement to collaborate on a mission to study the asteroid Apophis during its close flyby of Earth in 2029.
In a May 7 ceremony in Berlin, the heads of ESA and JAXA signed a cooperation agreement for the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, or Ramses, scheduled to launch in 2028.
