Keith’s note: according to NASA: “On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated […]
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Asteroid Bennu Sample Contains Carbon And Water
According to NASA “Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of water and high-carbon content, which together could […]
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CTV: No That Asteroid Will Not Kills Us All Tonight
Keith’s note: I was on CTV tonight to talk about the flyby of asteroid 2023 BU. Since everyone tries to out do everyone else with comparing the size od these […]
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SpaceRef/NASAWatch Interview on Asteroid 7482 Flyby
Keith’s note: Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1), 1 kilometer in diameter will fly by Earth today 4.51 p.m. ET. It is moving at 47,344 miles per hour and will get no […]
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SpaceRef on NASA's DART Mission
Keith Cowing · SpaceRef on Deutsche Welle: Launch of the NASA DART Mission Keith Cowing · SpaceRef on Alhurra: NASA's DART Mission Keith Cowing · SpaceRef on Deutsche Welle: NASA's […]
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OSIRIS-REx Completes Sample Collection From Asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS-REx Samples Asteroid Bennu “NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an […]
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Making Asteroid Exploration Hardware More Openly Available (Update)
Keith’s note: My question to the 1:00 pm Asteroid mission media telecon: “There is a lot of talk these days from NASA about the collection and utilization of resources in […]
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About That Asteroid Mining Thing
That Giant Asteroid of Gold Won’t Make Us Richer “Rejoice, people of Earth! News outlets are reporting that NASA is planning to visit an asteroid made of gold and other […]
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OSIRIS-REx Arrives at Bennu
OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu “The spacecraft executed a maneuver that transitioned it from flying toward Bennu to operating around the asteroid. Now, at about 11.8 miles (19 kilometers) […]
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NASA's Boulder Retrieval Mission Faces Likely Cancellation
Smith, Babin Request Info on ARM Press Release, Report “As the incoming Administration evaluates ARM, it would benefit from clear guidance from both NASA and its advisory bodies. Similarly, it […]