NASA developing asteroid exploration vehicle

NASA developing asteroid exploration vehicle

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has started developing this miniature asteroid exploration vehicle, NASA officials said June 28. The vehicle, called ''nanorover,'' will be taken to an asteroid by a MUSES-C spacecraft which will be launched by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, an affiliate of Japan's Education Ministry. The photo was provided by NASA.

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