NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
Jul 3, 2024 · Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the other had been discovered only 13 days before its closest approach to Earth.
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion …
Oct 11, 2022 · Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit.
Asteroid Watch - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Did you ever wonder how NASA spots asteroids that maybe getting too close to Earth for comfort? Watch and learn. Find out more about NASA finds, studies and tracks near-Earth objects by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense.
6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission
Oct 5, 2023 · The mission websites nasa.gov/psyche and psyche.asu.edu will post official news about the spacecraft’s journey. NASA and ASU will also post regular social media updates on Facebook, Instagram, and X. NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System, a free web-based 3D visualization tool, will track the location of the spacecraft in real time.
NASA's DART mission successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid
A NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into an asteroid Monday in a historic test of humanity's ability to protect Earth from a potentially catastrophic collision with a space rock.
NASA’s Lucy Surprises Again, Observes 1st-ever Contact Binary …
Nov 7, 2023 · As NASA’s Lucy spacecraft continued to return data of its first asteroid encounter on Nov. 1, 2023, the team was surprised to discover that Dinkinesh’s unanticipated satellite is, itself, a contact binary – that is, it is made of two smaller objects touching each other.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return to Earth: Live updates
On Sept. 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission made U.S. history by returning samples of the asteroid Bennu to Earth after seven years in deep space. Launched in 2016, the OSIRIS-REx...
NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth ... - Associated Press News
Sep 25, 2023 · NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out.
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
2 days ago · The Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from Earth for each encounter.
Near-Earth Asteroids as of December 2024 - Science@NASA
Dec 5, 2024 · Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard with Earth.