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Asteroid Day TV Launches 1 June Kicking Off the Countdown to Asteroid Day 2021, 30 June

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LUXEMBOURG, 27 May 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Asteroid Foundation will launch Asteroid Day TV on 1 June 2021 with digital video content from Discovery Science, TED, IMAX, BBC, CNN, The…

Asteroid 2001 FO32: Relax and enjoy the flyby

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NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea is being used to observe asteroid 2001 FO32. Credit: UH/IfA Asteroid 2001 FO32 has been generating a lot of interest lately because…

It’s Time to See Vesta, the Brightest Asteroid

It’s Time to See Vesta, the Brightest Asteroid https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/15110238/Asteroid-Vesta-Social.png 1600 900 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/15110238/Asteroid-Vesta-Social.png

Vesta’s trajectory through the constellation Leo (The Lion) in March. Star Theta Leonis (Chertan) will help locate this asteroid. Credit: In-the-sky.org Your best chance to observe an asteroid has arrived.…

NASA’s NEAR-Shoemaker Mission Celebrates its 25th Launch Anniversary

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There was a lot more riding on the Delta II rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral on 17 February 1996 than the NEAR-Shoemaker space probe. NASA’s pride was on the…

Asteroid Day Returns to Celebrate 25 Years of Dedicated Asteroid Missions

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LUXEMBOURG (11 February 2021) — Asteroid Foundation’s annual Asteroid Day will return on 30 June. The theme for this year will be the 25th launch anniversary of NASA’s NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft,…