In the year 2182, an asteroid travelling between Mars and Jupiter right now, may end up on a collision course with planet earth.
So NASA decided to pay it a visit.
Dr Dante Lauretta is a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, and the leader of a mission to send a spacecraft to the asteroid and bring back a sample.
He takes us on the journey to make this rendezvous with a remnant from the creation of the solar system. His book is called The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System.
The Asteroid Hunter book cover Photo: supplied via Hachette book group
