Psyche- Mission to an Asteroid
An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel the Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Dinosaur-dooming Asteroid crashed at ‘the deadliest possible angle’
Asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs 66million years ago struck Earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle of 60 degrees.
Powerful Thruster is Prepared for Mission to Asteroid
After undergoing a series of performance and environmental tests, NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial (NEXT-C) is being prepared for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission,
Asteroids Size Comparison
In this video, the sizes of some asteroids compared to New York City.
An Asteroid Collision changed Life on Earth forever
Scientists confirm that dust from a giant asteroid crash, some 460 million years ago, caused an ancient ice age.
Japan Landed a Spacecraft on an Asteroid
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 probe successfully landed on the asteroid’s Ryugu surface.
Peculiar Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres
The unusual mountain Ahuna Mons is the largest mountain on the largest known asteroid in our Solar System, Ceres.
Hubble Watches Asteroid Coming Apart
A small asteroid was caught in the process of spinning so fast it’s throwing off material, according to new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other
NASA Found Evidence of Water on a Distant Asteroid
Recently analyzed data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed water on the asteroid Bennu.
NASA revealed Asteroid Strike preparedness plan
NASA releases Near-Earth Object preparedness plan — asteroids and comets whose orbits come within 30 million miles of Earth — known as NEOs.