Catching DART Asteroid Deflection Mission’s First Words
When NASA’s DART spacecraft launched November 24 on a world-first mission to deflect an asteroid, ESA’s Estrack network played a vital role – finding, tracking,…
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NASA’s “Eyes on Asteroids” Reveals Our Near-Earth Object Neighborhood in Real-Time 3D
Learn more about the growing population of near-Earth objects with NASA’s new 3D real-time web-based application. Through a new 3D real-time visualization tool, you can…
Dinosaurs’ Last Spring: Groundbreaking Study Pinpoints Timing of Chicxulub Asteroid Impact
Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth. A groundbreaking study led by researchers…
Ensuring That NASA’s DART Kinetic Impactor Asteroid Deflector Hits Its Target
Although the chance of an asteroid impacting Earth is small, even a relatively small asteroid of about 500 feet (about 150 meters) across carries enough…
Planetary Defense: NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Goes Online
The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come…
NASA DART Launch: Key Step Forward in Planetary Defense
NASA’s latest launch into outer space is going to make an impact. In fact, that’s its entire mission. DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), which launched…
NASA’s DART Kinetic Impactor Spacecraft Launches in World’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission
Lighting up the California coastline early in the morning of November 24, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft…
We Asked a NASA Expert: Is NASA Aware of Any Earth-Threatening Asteroids? [Video]
Is NASA aware of any Earth-threatening asteroids? Luckily there are no known asteroid threats to Earth for at least 100 years. But that doesn’t mean…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches NASA’s DART: First Test Mission To Defend Planet Earth
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday…
NASA’s DART Mission To Redirect an Asteroid Launched – Spacecraft Traveling on Its Own
NASA’s DART Mission Launches! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has launched from Space Launch Complex 4 at…
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Secured in SpaceX Payload Fairing – Ready for Launch
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is now encapsulated in the SpaceX payload fairings. Technicians with SpaceX installed the two halves of the fairing…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): Hitting an Asteroid Head On
An on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection is a key test that NASA and other agencies wish to perform before any actual need is present. The…
NASA’s DART Mission To Crash a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid Is Set To Launch – Watch It Live
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. True to its…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: What if an Asteroid Was Going To Hit Earth? [Video]
What if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? There are no known threats to Earth, but planetary defense expert Dr. Kelly Fast says it’s…
Lucy Spacecraft’s 12-Year, 4-Billion-Mile Mission To Study Ancient Trojan Asteroids
Project scientist Professor Richard Binzel discusses NASA’s latest interplanetary mission, which is co-led by Cathy Olkin ’88, PhD ’96. On October 16, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft…
A Large Asteroid Will Pass by Earth This Week – Is It a Threat to the Planet?
Recent weeks have witnessed a series of medium-to-large-sized asteroids cross paths with Earth’s orbit. The largest of the pack – asteroid 2004 UE – is…
Near-Earth Asteroid Kamo’oalewa Might Be a Lost Fragment of the Moon
A team of University of Arizona-led researchers thinks that the near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa might actually be a miniature moon. A near-Earth asteroid named Kamo`oalewa could be…
How the Sun Affects Asteroids in Our Solar System
Asteroids embody the story of our solar system’s beginning. Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, which orbit the Sun on the same path as the gas giant, are…
