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\nESA\u2019s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission being presented to a packed crowd by mission manager Ian Carnelli during last week\u2019s Paris Air and Space Show<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nSet to be presented to Europe\u2019s space ministers for approval near the end of next year, ESA\u2019s AIM mission<\/a> is being designed to encounter and study the Didymos binary asteroid during its Earth close encounter in 2022, and then witness it being struck by another NASA-led mission.\n<\/p>\n \nIan and his team will be answering questions on the mission submitted via social media to mark next week\u2019s international Asteroid Day<\/a> on 30 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nESA\u2019s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission being presented to a packed crowd by mission manager Ian Carnelli during last week\u2019s Paris Air and Space Show<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nSet to be presented to Europe\u2019s space ministers for approval near the end of next year, ESA\u2019s AIM mission<\/a> is being designed to encounter and study the Didymos binary asteroid during its Earth close encounter in 2022, and then witness it being struck by another NASA-led mission.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n