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Two NASA Spacecraft Teamed Up to Find Large Meteoroid Strike
Two NASA Spacecraft Teamed Up to Find Large Meteoroid Strike

27 Oct 2022, 21:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's InSight lander teamed up with the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to make a scientific discovery on Mars

 
NASA's DART Mission Was a Success, Asteroid's Orbit Has Changed
NASA's DART Mission Was a Success, Asteroid's Orbit Has Changed

12 Oct 2022, 10:32 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / NASA has confirmed that a thorough analysis of data over the past two weeks has shown that its DART mission was a success. Here's what you need to know

 
This Is the Last Thing a NASA Spacecraft Saw Before Hitting an Asteroid at 14,000 MPH
This Is the Last Thing a NASA Spacecraft Saw Before Hitting an Asteroid at 14,000 MPH

4 Oct 2022, 06:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA published the "last complete image of the asteroid Dimorphos, as seen by our Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) two seconds before impact."

 
Hear an Asteroid Explode Over Mars and Strike the Surface in Three Different Places
Hear an Asteroid Explode Over Mars and Strike the Surface in Three Different Places

21 Sep 2022, 06:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The InSight lander not only captured data on Martian quakes, but also detected and heard seismic waves caused by space rocks impacts

 
En Route to Poke an Asteroid, DART Spacecraft Had a Baby
En Route to Poke an Asteroid, DART Spacecraft Had a Baby

16 Sep 2022, 13:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) deploys the LICIACube double camera satellite to document its impact with an asteroid on September 26

 
HERA Spacecraft Will Follow NASA's Plan To Change an Asteroid's Orbit
HERA Spacecraft Will Follow NASA's Plan To Change an Asteroid's Orbit

2 Sep 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / The European Space Agency is sending Hera Spacecraft to investigate the aftermath of the impact of NASA’s DART spacecraft into an asteroid

 
U.S. Space Force Gifts NASA Decades' Worth of Sensor Data on Fireball Events Above Earth
U.S. Space Force Gifts NASA Decades' Worth of Sensor Data on Fireball Events Above Earth

11 Apr 2022, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An agreement between NASA and the U.S. Space Force leads to the release of decades' worth of data of meteors exploding in our atmosphere

 
These Are the Last Images a Spacecraft Recorded Before Smashing Into the Moon
These Are the Last Images a Spacecraft Recorded Before Smashing Into the Moon

28 Mar 2022, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ranger 9 probe was launched in 1965 with the express mission of smashing into the Moon and recording the entire thing

 
NASA Knew Exactly When an Asteroid Would Hit Earth, Could Do Nothing to Stop It
NASA Knew Exactly When an Asteroid Would Hit Earth, Could Do Nothing to Stop It

17 Mar 2022, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Scout system was able to calculate the time and general area of impact for a small asteroid last week, the fifth time this happened

 
A 3-Ton Mysterious Rocket Body Allegedly Just Crashed Into the Far Side of the Moon
A 3-Ton Mysterious Rocket Body Allegedly Just Crashed Into the Far Side of the Moon

4 Mar 2022, 16:27 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The upper stage of a spent rocket has reportedly slammed into the far side of the Moon. Scientists will hunt for the signs of the impact

 
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Looks Around as It Heads Toward Killer Asteroid
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Looks Around as It Heads Toward Killer Asteroid

23 Dec 2021, 15:09 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Earlier this month, NASA's DART spacecraft opened its "eyes" to gaze into the darkness of space as it travels toward the Didymos asteroid for its doom

 
When the Lights Go Out, This Apollo 15 Watch Shows You Asteroid Impacts on the Moon
When the Lights Go Out, This Apollo 15 Watch Shows You Asteroid Impacts on the Moon

27 Aug 2021, 12:20 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Xeric is celebrating NASA's Apollo 15 mission with a special watch that incorporates glowing orbiting moons, impact craters and even a slice of meteorite.

 
Chances of Hazardous Asteroid Hitting Earth Are Higher Than Scientists Thought
Chances of Hazardous Asteroid Hitting Earth Are Higher Than Scientists Thought

12 Aug 2021, 09:31 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In a new study published on Tuesday in the journal Icarus, NASA has used data from the agency's OSIRIS spacecraft to better estimate Bennu's orbital trajectory.

 
NASA Is Playing Asteroid Impact Games to See How the World Would React
NASA Is Playing Asteroid Impact Games to See How the World Would React

27 Apr 2021, 08:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA, JPL, and ESA come together in Vienna to develop another response scenario in case of high chance of asteroid impact

 
Asteroid Heading for Earth in NASA Tabletop Exercise
Asteroid Heading for Earth in NASA Tabletop Exercise

25 Apr 2019, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / According to the scenario a potentially hazardous asteroid was discovered on March 26, and has a 1 in 100 chance of hitting the Earth

 
Japan Bombed an Asteroid and There’s Video to Prove It
Japan Bombed an Asteroid and There’s Video to Prove It

24 Apr 2019, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hayabusa2 drops a 2.5-kg copper projectile onto asteroid Ryugu to form a crater and collect sample that are to be sent to Earth

 
Hyundai Working on Airbags That Deploy During Secondary Impact
Hyundai Working on Airbags That Deploy During Secondary Impact

21 Jan 2019, 13:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The technology Hyundai is working on will be able to detect the status of the car itself and the occupants and determine whether airbag inflation is needed

 
Chrysler to Exchange Vows with GM
Chrysler to Exchange Vows with GM

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / Although GM and Chrysler have shared the same grounds and have known each other for decades now, they had only recently started dating and are allegedly in talks for taking their relationship furthe...

 
Teens Destroy a 2010 Mustang in Crash
Teens Destroy a 2010 Mustang in Crash

14 Jul 2009, 12:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Another incident that hurts the eyes of those who see the pictures happened when three teenagers took a 2010 Ford Mustang GT for a test drive. And what a test the car went through... A classic stor...