Asteroid Day Programme News Today

Asteroid Day Returns To Celebrate 25 Years Of Dedicated Asteroid Missions News provided by Share this article Share this article LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Asteroid Foundations annual Asteroid Day will return on 30 June. The theme for this year will be the 25th launch anniversary of NASAs NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft, and the 2021 launch of three new asteroid missions, NASAs Lucy, NEA Scout and DART – the worlds first mission to test an asteroid deflection technique. On 17 Februa...