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ASE Space Guide to Isolation

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Earlier this year, Asteroid Day partners, Association of Space Explorers (ASE) released a series called “The Space Explorers Guide to Isolation: Tips on Staying Grounded While Spacing Out.” This series…

Jupiter and Saturn’s Connection to Asteroids

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This year ends with an extraordinary celestial event and the chance to talk about Jupiter and Saturn’s connection to asteroids. On 21 December, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will be…

Learn – Why Bring Asteroid Samples Back to Earth?

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Learning Objective:  To understand why it is scientifically important to collect samples from asteroids and bring them back to Earth. Overview: It may seem like a huge and risky effort…

Charles Beames Virtual Discussion at The University of Luxembourg

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Entrepreneurship in the Space Industry Asteroid Foundation and SnT (University of Luxembourg) joined forces to bring a special SpaceConnectsUs event on 29 October 2020. The speaker was Charles Beames, Executive…

Learn – How Do We Collect Samples from an Asteroid?

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Learning Objective: To understand how spacecraft collect samples from the surface of an asteroid  Overview: Collecting samples from the surface of asteroids is now a reality. Both JAXA’s Hayabusa2 and…