asteroids

NASA sets sights on asteroid exploration 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 7, 2017
Agency plans to launch a mission to visit the Trojan asteroids in 2021, and one to the metallic asteroid Psyche in 2023.

By David Aragorn
Check Out NASA’s Asteroid-Catching Robot Arms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 31, 2016
NASA to launch the robotic portion of its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) in 2021. This will be the first mission to visit and collect a multi-ton sample from a large near-Earth asteroid. The collected sample will be used in a demonstration of enhanced gravity tractor asteroid deflection.

By David Aragorn
Earth woefully unprepared for surprise comet or asteroid, Nasa scientist warns 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 13, 2016
Scientist recommended Nasa build an interceptor rocket, with periodic testing, alongside an observer spacecraft to stop catastrophic fireballs from hitting us

By David Aragorn
NASA Hints About Asteroid It Plans To Pluck And Place In Moon’s Orbit? ‘2008 EV5’ Could Be Part Of Asteroid Redirect Mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 22, 2016
NASA appears to be serious about its ambitious Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) that was being discussed last year.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s New ‘Intruder Alert’ System Spots An Incoming Asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 2, 2016
A large space rock came fairly close to Earth on Sunday night. Astronomers knew it wasn’t going to hit Earth, thanks in part to a new tool NASA is developing for detecting potentially dangerous asteroids.

By David Aragorn
Looting Asteroids’ Water Will Make Launches Cheaper 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 27, 2016
An asteroid mining concept could quickly deliver satellites to high orbit on the cheap.

By David Aragorn
Colonizing the moon? Meteor showers more frequent than expected 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 15, 2016
Scientists counted 222 new meteor impacts in seven years. The moon’s surface is changing considerably faster than previously thought, says a new study.

By David Aragorn
New NASA budget could put asteroid grabbing mission in jeopardy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2016
A NASA plan to lasso a piece of an asteroid and haul it closer to Earth could face a threat from the US Congress. A bipartisan spending bill introduced in the Senate this week has harsh words about the proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission, which is meant to be a sort of dry run for a future human mission to Mars.

By David Aragorn
A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2016
An asteroid the size of a school bus buzzed by Earth today (Sept. 7) in an exceptionally close — but safe — flyby. Scientists discovered the object on Monday, just two days before its encounter with Earth.

By David Aragorn
Weird Grooves On Mars’ Moon Phobos Traced to Asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2016
Crisscrossed grooves and chains of small craters cover the Martian moon Phobos. Astronomers have disagreed about what caused this strange-looking landscape for decades, but new research may help settle the debate.

By David Aragorn