Apophis

NASA Needs Ideas to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis

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Asteroid 99942 Apophis is fast approaching our home planet for an uncomfortably close encounter in 2029. In order to prepare for the rare event, NASA is calling for ideas for low cost missions to rendezvous with Apophis, but the space agency already has a pair of asteroid probes ready to take on the task. This … Read more

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Brushes the Sun on Its Way to New Asteroid Target

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New mission, who dis? The spacecraft formerly known as OSIRIS-REx had an impromptu close encounter with the Sun as it follows a newly crafted route to a second asteroid, using one of its solar arrays for shade. Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox Controller You may remember NASA’s diligent spacecraft that snagged a sample from an … Read more