article_snippet: So far, Nasa has three candidate asteroids, but does not . expect to make a decision about where to fly before 2019.
article_snippet: The mission involves astronauts making the journey to the crew captive space rock by hitching a ride on the next-generation Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.
article_snippet: After the Orion and a smaller asteroid are attached, the astronauts take a spacewalk to the captured object.
article_snippet: Once the Orion docks with the remote-operated asteroid capture device, the crew performs a spacewalk that sees the crew climb almost the length of the conjoined vehicles to an exposed section of the asteroid the crew take photos of and scoop samples from, the video shows.
article_snippet: After The mission is complete, Orion returns to Earth on the same path Orion journeyed out on, loops around the moon included, and splashes down in an ocean - likely the Pacific - 10 days later.
article_snippet: probe would include a docking ring so Orion Orion .
article_snippet: spaceship, carrying two astronauts, could reach the asteroid, a . mission targeted for around 2025.
article_snippet: Astronauts aboard Nasa's Orion spacecraft, launched from the upcoming Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, will then explore the asteroid in the mid-2020s at the furthest point in the asteroid controlled orbit around the moon .
article_snippet: Nasa plans to launch an Arm robotic spacecraft to rendezvous with, capture and redirect an asteroid by the end of this decade.
article_snippet: Astronauts aboard Nasa's Orion spacecraft, launched from the upcoming Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, will then explore the asteroid in the mid-2020s at the furthest point in the asteroid controlled orbit around the moon.
highlights_snippet: Will be visited by astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft .
  