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Transastra Will Literally Put an Asteroid in a Bag to Bring It Back to Earth

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The Californian startup TransAstra is launching a feasibility study for a film-worthy scenario mission: capturing a 100-ton asteroid with a giant air bag and moving it into a stable orbit near the Earth. The ultimate goal is to create a robotic outpost to exploit its resources and initiate real space industrialization, freeing itself from costly launches from our planet.
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© Transastra TransAstra is developing a system to collect and exploit resource-rich asteroids in space. Test mission planned from 2028.

The Californian startup TransAstra is launching a feasibility study for a film-worthy scenario mission: capturing a 100-ton asteroid with a giant air bag and moving it into a stable orbit near the Earth. The ultimate goal is to create a robotic outpost to exploit its resources and initiate real space industrialization, freeing itself from costly launches from our planet.

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Génération-NT broke the news in on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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