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22Aug/17

NASA reports massive asteroid to pass by Earth on September 1

August 22, 2017Uncategorized99942 Apophis, Asteroid, Asteroid-impact avoidance, Asteroids, Environment, Florence Nightingale, Moon, Outer space, Planetary science, Space, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

A 3 mile-wide asteroid will drift past Earth more than 18 moon-lengths away, making it the largest to do so since researchers began tracking such close encounters. Continue reading →

23Aug/16

NASA's OSIRIS REx

What are the origins of life? There’s a rocket for that

August 23, 2016Space101955 Bennu, Asteroid, Dante Lauretta, Environment, Hayabusa, Japan, Jason Dworkin, Lockheed Martin, NASA, New Frontiers program, OSIRIS-REx, Outer space, Planetary defense, Planetary science, Space rendezvous, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, TAGSAM, Technology/Internet, United Statessmbale

NASA scientists are putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft designed to rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu in 2018 to find clues about the origins of life.
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30Oct/15

Large asteroid set to shoot by Earth on Halloween

October 30, 2015Human InterestAsteroid, Asteroid-impact avoidance, Asteroids, Asteroids in fiction, Chelyabinsk, Mexico, Minor planets, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Near-Earth asteroids, Near-Earth object, Paul Chodas, Planetary defense, Planetary science, Prevention, Russia, Space science, Space weapons, Spaceflight, TB145, Technology/Internetsmbale

Despite spooky nickname, asteroid is “not going to pose any hazard to the Earth” during flyby.

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03Mar/15

NASA spacecraft to enter Ceres’ orbit later this week

March 3, 2015Space4 Vesta, Asteroid, Astronomy, Ceres, Cryovolcano, Dawn, Dwarf planet, Environment, Minor planets, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NEXT MEDIA, Planet, Planetary geology, Planetary science, Solar System, Space, Space science, Spaceflight, Technology/Internet, [email protected]smbale

(Next Media) – NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will reach dwarf planet Ceres on Friday, marking the end of its eight-year journey. The spacecraft’s mission is to study both Vesta, one of the largest asteroid in our solar system, and Ceres, an icy dwarf planet.
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