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NASA Calculations Show Asteroid Bennu Has a Chance of Slamming Into Earth
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NASA Calculations Show Asteroid Bennu Has a Chance of Slamming Into Earth

This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona In…

12 September 2021 · 7 min read

NASA's NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension
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NASA’s NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension

Artist’s concept of NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft, which was an infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope active from December 2009 to February 2011. In September 2013 the spacecraft was…

18 July 2021 · 4 min read

NASA Lunar Payloads: New Science Investigations for the Dark Side of the Moon
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NASA Lunar Payloads: New Science Investigations for the Dark Side of the Moon

As NASA continues plans for multiple commercial deliveries to the Moon’s surface per year, the agency has selected three new scientific investigation payload suites to advance understanding of Earth’s nearest…

18 July 2021 · 5 min read

At Last! NASA Successfully Switches to Backup Computer on Hubble Space Telescope
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At Last! NASA Successfully Switches to Backup Computer on Hubble Space Telescope

Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser) NASA has successfully switched to backup hardware on the Hubble Space Telescope, including powering on the backup payload computer, on July 15. The switch was performed…

17 July 2021 · 2 min read

NASA Struggles to Fix Failure of Hubble Space Telescope's 1980s Computer
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NASA Struggles to Fix Failure of Hubble Space Telescope’s 1980s Computer

NASA Struggles to Fix Failure of Hubble Space Telescope's 1980s Computer

20 June 2021 · 2 min read

NASA's SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission Launches – Cargo Includes Water Bears, Squid, Solar Panels
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NASA’s SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission Launches – Cargo Includes Water Bears, Squid, Solar Panels

NASA’s 22nd SpaceX cargo resupply mission launches. Credit: NASA TV The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 1:29 p.m.…

4 June 2021 · 8 min read