A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by …
WEB6 hours ago — A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away from Florida on Monday on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA in 2022.
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
WEBJul 3, 2024 — Assembled into this animation, observations from NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar show the tumbling asteroid 2024 MK shortly after it made closest approach with our planet on June 29. The 150-meter-wide asteroid’s orbit was slightly altered by Earth’s gravity as it passed.
Live updates: DART asteroid space mission | CNN
WEBSep 27, 2022 — The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, is set to intentionally collide with an asteroid on Monday. The goal is to test the technology that could be needed for planetary...
Up close with a stony asteroid - CNN
WEBJul 16, 2024 — A space rock the size of a cruise liner will have a close encounter with Earth in April 2029. While the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth, NASA and ESA are both planning missions to tag along.
Asteroid Watch - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBFor asteroid and comet news and updates, follow @AsteroidWatch on Twitter. View next five closest approaches. Interactive Visualization: Eyes on Asteroids.
NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slams into asteroid in ... - NBC News
WEBA NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into an asteroid Monday in a historic test of humanity's ability to protect Earth from a potentially catastrophic collision with a space rock.
What We Learned From NASA’s DART Mission - The New York Times
WEBSep 26, 2022 — LAUREL, Md. — It’s the plot point for more than one Hollywood blockbuster: A rogue asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, threatening tsunamis, mass destruction and the death of every human being on...
New planetary defence mission ready to blast off to double asteroid ...
WEB13 hours ago — On Monday, if all goes as planned, a European spacecraft will blast off and begin its two-year-long voyage to a double asteroid system beyond the orbit of Mars.
NASA’s DART mission will slam into an asteroid: Live updates | AP News
WEBSep 27, 2022 — A NASA spacecraft has rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away Monday.
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion …
WEBOct 11, 2022 — Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first ...