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Thales Alenia Space to supply NEO Surveyor communications equipment

SAN FRANCISCO — Thales Alenia Space won a contract from Ball Aerospace, prime contractor for NASA’s Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, to provide key communications...

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9/12: Meet our Sponsor — Anatomage

September 14, 2023 9/12: Meet our Sponsor — Anatomage Filed under: virtual school — Michael K. Barbour @ 6:08 pm Tags: cyber...

NASA to add fourth pair of roll-out arrays to ISS

WASHINGTON — After completing an upgrade to the International Space Station’s power system in June, NASA is moving ahead with plans to add two...

Earth Will Likely Dodge ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroids for the Next 1,000 Years

To those who study existential risk, the list of threats is lengthening. If nuclear war doesn’t end us, a designer virus or AI might....

Probability of Earth Avoiding ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroids for Next 1,000 Years is High

The possibility of a catastrophic asteroid impact on Earth has been a topic of concern for scientists and the general public alike. However, recent...

New Results From NASA’s DART Mission Confirm We Could Deflect Deadly Asteroids

What would we do if we spotted a hazardous asteroid on a collision course with Earth? Could we deflect it safely to prevent the...

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for February 13 to 17

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox...

NEO Surveyor launch delayed despite funding boost

WASHINGTON — While Congress provided more funding than NASA requested for an asteroid mission, agency officials said it will not prevent a two-year slip...

Space Launch System: One Step Closer to the Moon—and Beyond

With the successful launch of Artemis I and the second SLS rocket nearing completion, aerospace experts engage the next generation, assuring them that this...

DART collides with asteroid in planetary defense test

LAUREL, Md. — A NASA spacecraft collided with a moon orbiting a near Earth asteroid Sept. 26 in a demonstration of a technology that...

DART on track for asteroid collision

WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft is on course to deliberately collide with a small asteroid Sept. 26 to test how that technique could be...

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