Multiple Choice
The most ambitious mission so far to study the asteroids is:
A) a flyby mission to take close-up images of an asteroid.
B) a spacecraft that went into orbit around an asteroid.
C) a soft robotic landing to gather materials and return them to Earth.
D) a crewed landing to explore the asteroid and then return to Earth.
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