How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
In about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers). …
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Could Blue Origin Actually Beat SpaceX to the Moon?
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, is finally setting some ambitious timelines, saying it plans to conduct an uncrewed Moon landing in …
NASA Needs Ideas to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis
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 …
NASA’s Artemis Moon Landing Program: Launches, Timeline, and More
Not since 1972 has a human set foot on the Moon, but NASA is aiming to change that through its ambitious Artemis program. The lunar …
NASA's Partners Are Complicating Plans to Build ISS Replacement
NASA’s plans to retire the International Space Station and replace it with commercial projects are not kaput, they’re just changing. Wrinkles are now appearing in …
Actually, America Loves Spy Balloons
Photo: Broadcast Media (Shutterstock) It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a helium-fueled nightmare here to steal all our national security secrets! Yes, the Chinese …
7 Things We Learned From NASA’s Wildly Successful Artemis 1 Mission
Orion’s view of the Moon on December 5, the 20th day of the mission.Photo: NASA NASA’s Artemis 1 mission concluded with Orion’s immaculate splashdown in …