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NASA Asteroid Mission
Proposals are being considered at NASA for a mission to an asteroid to study asteroid composition and movements. A NASA feasibility study showed that such an asteroid mission is possible with the new vehicles NASA is developing for a... [more]
Proposals are being considered at NASA for a mission to an asteroid to study asteroid composition and movements. A NASA feasibility study showed that such an asteroid mission is possible with the new vehicles NASA is developing for a trip to the moon.
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ESA's flagship solar system mission Rosetta is fast approaching the next waypoint on its long journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. On September 5 at 18:37 UTC, the spacecraft will zoom past asteroid ...
- Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins (rss.topix.net)
A former Nasa astronaut claims plans to blast Earth-bound asteroids out of space with nuclear weapons is not the best way to beat the threat.
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APOLLO ASTRONAUT Rusty Schweickart differed with NASA during a public lecture in San Francisco last Wednesday by opining that using nuclear weapons to deflect incoming asteroids isn't a very good idea.
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Ein großer Doppel-Asteroid wird nach Angaben der US-Raumfahrtbehörde NASA am 14. Juli 2008 an der Erde vorbeirasen.
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- Asteroid rast an der Erde vorbei (wienerzeitung.at)
A tiny Canadian satellite is gearing up for a mission to hunt wayward space rocks that may pose a threat to Earth.
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Bruce C.H. Cheng, founder and chairman of Delta Electronics Inc. (TSE:2308), has been a long-time supporter of energy conservation, reducing carbon emissions and caring for the earth. He now has a new partner in the stars. The Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) of the International...
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- IAU Names Asteroid 168126 "Chengbruce" after Taiwanese Entrepreneur Bruce C.H. Cheng (finanznachrichten.de)
NASA @ the Brickhouse: Will an Asteroid Hit The Earth?
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But as the head of NASA's asteroid survey pointed out in Oxford, the only reason we know no object larger than a kilometre across is heading our way is ...
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