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NASA's DART mission, or Double Asteroid Redirection Test, is humanity's first-ever attempt to purposefully move an asteroid. You can watch the intentional collision live.

There are many intriguing, if not thrilling, space events happening in 2022: NASA's moon megarocket launch, a mission to move an asteroid, stargazing, and beyond.

Reported space debris threat to Crew Dragon capsule shines light on space pollution By Elina Shirazi Space debris threat to Crew Dragon shines light on space pollution SpaceXs four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk. BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - In a video released by NASA and SpaceX, an unidentified object can be seen as it shoots past the Crew Dragon Endeavor capsule as it separat...

Who takes out the space trash? Space debris is growing, here’s what’s being done about it Episode 2 of ‘Space Curious’ dives into this very topic Updated:  Tags:  After a spacecraft is no longer serving a purpose, it becomes junk. On a recent episode of “Space Curious,” we talked to experts who know a lot about space junk, and what challenges humans face in cleaning up the messes we make. Daniel Batcheldor is the former head of aerospace physics and space sciences at Florida Insti...