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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The most ambitious mission to study asteroids involves not just visiting or orbiting an asteroid, but actually landing on it, collecting samples, and then returning those samples to Earth for analysis. This involves complex navigation, landing, sample collection, and return technologies, making it significantly more challenging and ambitious than missions that only involve flybys or orbiting.

The Most Ambitious Mission So Far to Study the Asteroids