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NASA launches the DART mission towards its date with destiny
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched. Blasting off at 1:21am EST from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, the mission is now on…

Defending the Earth from Asteroids on ADLIVE 2021
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Not all asteroids live inside the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ESA’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre lists more than 25,000 that are classified as near-Earth objects (NEOs). Of these,…

The FastKD Project: How To Deflect an Asteroid – And Do It Fast!
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Credit: Airbus The problem is a simple one: what happens when we spot an incoming asteroid that needs deflecting but – instead of the years normally needed to build a…

2020 Asteroid Day LIVE – Target Asteroid: How to Move an Incoming Space Rock
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In December 1694, the Royal Society in London convened what was essentially a secret meeting. Astronomer Edmund Halley was the speaker and, on the promise that what he said would…

Hera Mission Moving Forward
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HERA MISSION APPROVED With great excitement, we are pleased to share that the Hera Mission was funded last week!  Last month, Europe’s space ministers gathered at Space19+ in Seville, Spain…

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