ESA fast-tracks Ramses mission: CubeSat lander to touch down on asteroid Apophis

The European Space Agency is accelerating preparations for the Ramses mission, in which a miniature lander named Don Quijote is set to land on the surface of asteroid Apophis. It marks a historic first: a CubeSat spacecraft conducting direct, ground-level scientific research on another celestial body. The mission aims to gather data on Apophis's composition and structure.