Under the agreement, Johns Hopkins University APL intends to collaborate with Intuitive Machines to determine if there are potential hardware applications that could benefit of the United States.
Writer Ashlee Vance explains how Elon Musk’s company disrupted NASA’s traditional role. With new competitors also shooting for the stars, “it's an exciting time,” he says.
It will pass at a distance of about 4.6 million kilometres from Earth. NASA assures that there is no risk of collision. The asteroid is classified as part of the Apollo group of asteroids.