Asteroids
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy – NASA
[ad_1] NASA and the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission team have won the…
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NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over Germany – NASA
[ad_1] The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a…
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NASA Asteroid Sampling Mission Renamed OSIRIS-APEX for New Journey – NASA
[ad_1] The former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid’s…
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NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data – NASA
[ad_1] The mission team has celebrated several successes since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 13. The latest…
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Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt – NASA
[ad_1] This illustration made on Nov. 26, 1974, by Rick Giudice shows the Pioneer 10 spacecraft traveling through the asteroid…
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NASA’s Lucy Surprises Again, Observes 1st-ever Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid – NASA Science
[ad_1] Lucy’s principal investigator is based out of the Boulder, Colorado, branch of Southwest Research Institute, headquartered in San Antonio.…
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DART Team Earns Smithsonian Michael Collins Trophy for Successful Planetary Defense Test Mission – NASA
[ad_1] NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will be honored with the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. For…
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby – NASA
[ad_1] On Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first…
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Data From NASA’s WISE Used to Preview Lucy Mission’s Asteroid Dinkinesh – NASA
[ad_1] Researchers have utilized infrared survey data to refine the asteroid’s size and surface brightness in support of the Nov.…
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