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NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected

Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is mounted on an assembly ring during inspections in a clean room at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2026. The sunshade structure stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall and measures 8 feet (2.4 meters) wide at its base. Its two flat […]

Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO Surveyor

Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is inspected by a technician at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in late July. Built by Applied Aerospace in Stockton, California, the sunshade structure was outfitted with its solar cells by SolAero Technologies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in January. Environmental […]

Following NASA Grant, TCU Researcher Explains Planetary Defense

“It carved a crater twice the size of Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon." This 35-million-year-old asteroid impact wrecked the United States

ESA successfully completes Hera spacecraft’s second braking maneuver on the way to binary asteroid system

Asteroid Mining Capital Is Chasing Water, Not Platinum

Asteroid Bennu Samples Point to a Birthplace Where Inner and Outer Solar System Met

Analysis of Bennu samples points to the asteroid’s mixed origin — ScienceDaily

NASA’s asteroid Bennu samples reveal a 4.5-billion-year-old secret

Why did crocodiles survive the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs?

Earth’s close encounter with giant asteroid Apophis is less than 3 years away

In 900 Days, A Giant Asteroid Will Come Closer Than Some Satellites

NASA's Psyche races toward metal asteroid with ion thrust

NASA's Psyche Blasts Towards Metal-Rich Asteroid at Unbelievable 160,000 km/h with Revolutionary Engines

Scientists discover how crocodiles survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

What If We Only Had Weeks to Stop a Killer Asteroid? Our Best Bet Is Straight Out of Hollywood.

NASA Is Pushing Its Psyche Spacecraft to the Limit as It Races Toward a Mysterious Asteroid

Why Are Scientists Suddenly So Concerned About An Asteroid Hitting Earth? Do They Know Something That We Do Not?

NASA’s Psyche fires up its thrusters! How will it unlock a metal asteroid’s secrets?

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