allows them to jump around on the asteroid. they go up to 15 meters off the surface and stay up above it for up to 15 minutes. and what they re looking for, they are looking for organ you can compounds and other measurements in addition to the great pictures that they re spending back. so it s exciting because, you know, a few years ago the european space agency sent rosetta to comet 67-p. and the rover found signs of organic chemicals, including the existence of one of the amino acids, a basic building block to dna which is a basic building block to life. just a little bit of life inside that asteroid. we ll be finding out more about it when the robots come back in 2020. it is so amazing that we can do that. it is hard to comprehend. thank you for watching. i m natalie allen. and i m george howell. for our viewers in the united states, new day is next. for the viewers around the
itself is only 1 kilometer in diameter. and the gravity level on the asteroid is about 1/80 thousandths from earth. they go up to 15 meters off the surface and stay up in above it for up to about 15 minutes. and what they are looking for, they are looking for organic compounds and other measurements in addition to the great pictures that they re sending back. so it is exciting because, you know, a few years ago, the european space agency sent rosetta to comet 67p. and the lander that went down on the comet found signs of organic chemicals, including the existence of one of the amino acids, a basic building block to dna, which is a basic building block to life.