This how NASA intends to capture an asteroid: NASA’s FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable lunar orbit where astronauts can visit and explore it. Have a look at the video…
Two weeks after a meteorite exploded over Russia’s Ural mountains, scientists are making progress understanding the origin and make-up of the unexpected space rock. This week’s ScienceCast presents their latest results. Watch two videos from NASA with new answers…
After the meteorite that struck Russia this morning, a 45-meter wide asteroid known as “2012 DA14“, will pass within 20,000 miles of Earth, which is well within range of many Earth-orbiting satellites and about 1/12th of the way to the Moon. Painting of Asteroid 2012 DA14. Image © David A. Hardy
This is the Spaceship that will take our brave astronauts to Mars. Small! NASA is constructing next-generation Space Habitat, resembling a smaller size Space Station, for missions to near-Earth asteroids and Mars.
In the event that a giant asteroid headed toward Earth, according to Sung Wook Paek, an MIT graduate student, space-launched paintballs may deflect its course.
Two amateur astronomers spotted a bright white flash for a few seconds in Jupiter‘s atmosphere, which was probably an asteroid or comet, a hundred miles in diameter. Credit: George Hall. Watch the video
