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Back in 2016, humanity launched into the void a spacecraft called OSIRIS-Rex. The moniker stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, words which were supposed to explain the goal of the mission. Since they don’t, here it is in words we can all understand: a spacecraft tasked with taking a piece of an asteroid and bringing it back to Earth.

NASA will be attempting to deflect an asteroid with what the space agency is calling a Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART.

Chinese Researchers Consider Rockets to Defend Against Asteroids July 15, 2021 In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, a Long March-5 rocket carrying the Change 5 lunar mission lifts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang in southern Chinas Hainan Province. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:29 0:00 Chinese researchers say they believe a group of rockets could be used to change the path of asteroids that might pass near Ea...

New space telescope could spot potentially hazardous asteroids heading for Earth By Ashley Strickland, CNN enablePagination: false endIndex: A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech (CNN) — A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Sur...

Breathe easy: New space telescope could spot potentially hazardous asteroids heading for Earth Share Updated: 8:46 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021 By Ashley Strickland, CNN Share Updated: 8:46 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript mhm. Mhm. Yeah. According to Nasa every year at least one car sized asteroid makes its way into our atmosphere and while asteroid 2021 KT one wont be making landfall in our home planet, it is going to be coming pretty darn close and ...

NASA NEO Surveyor space telescope moves into its next phase Shane McGlaun - Jun 13, 2021, 9:43am CDT NASA announced on Friday that it has approved a new infrared space telescope called the Near-Earth Object Surveyor or NEO Surveyor. The telescope moves to the next step of mission deployment at the JPL after a successful review moved the project past the preliminary design phase. NEO Surveyor was a mission proposed to help discover and characterize near-earth objects that coul...

autoevolution 6 Jun 2021, 7:29 UTC · by In November 2021, the American space agency will launch the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. Known as DART, it is a spacecraft whose single goal is to smash itself into a small piece of space rock and see if it can alter its course. 1 photo There seem to be increasing efforts in coming up with ways of removing potential space threats to our planet. According to NASA, there are 25,000 near-Earth asteroids that we know of roaming about (and ...

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station today (June 5) to deliver new solar arrays and tons of fresh NASA supplies.

SpaceX launched its 17th rocket of the year today (June 3), sending a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station before nailing a landing at sea.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. Two new solar array wings for the International Space Station are rolled up inside the trunk of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule for launch Thursday. Credit: SpaceX Two new solar array wings for the International Space Station are packed inside the trunk of a Space...