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Opinion: NASA’s asteroid mission to Apophis: Key for Earth’s defense
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against future asteroid threats, but government budget cuts are ...
NASA’s New Asteroid Hunter Takes a Big Step Toward Protecting Earth
NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...
Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today, NASA Reports
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
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OTD In Space – February 12: NEAR-Shoemaker Lands On Asteroid Eros
NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid! After a five-year mission, the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft touched down on the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. This was the first soft landing on an asteroid, and ...
NASA successfully joins sunshade to Roman Observatory's 'exoskeleton'
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's deployable aperture cover—a ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
How to watch NASA's 1st Twitch stream from the ISS this week
On Wednesday (Feb. 12), NASA will host its first Twitch stream from the International Space Station (ISS), giving viewers the ...