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NASA reveales that giant asteroid 99942 Apophis is expected to fly close to Earth in a decade

According to the latest data from US space agency NASA, the giant asteroid named 99942 Apophis is expected to approach dangerously close to the Earth on April 13, 2029. However, there is no need to worry as it will be about 31,000km away from the surface of the Earth. This is going to be a ..

Topics: 99942 Apophis • Apep • Apophis • Asteroid • Asteroid impact avoidance • Astronomy • Deities • Orbits • Planetary science • Steven J. Ostro

Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

Spacex to Launch NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Mission. Which will blast off in June 2021 and this will smash into the asteroid’s moon around October 2022 The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a spacecraft designed to determine whether an asteroid can be redirected with a high-speed collision. SpaceX will launch the spacecraft toward an asteroid named ..

Topics: AIDA • Asteroid • Asteroid impact avoidance • Binary asteroid • Double Asteroid Redirection Test • Impact event • Lander • Outer space • Planetary defense • Solar System Exploration program • Spacecraft • Uncrewed spacecraft

NASA to pay SpaceX: To crash a rocket into an asteroid

NASA awarded $69 million to SpaceX to redirect an asteroid. The mission is called DART ”Double Asteroid Redirection Test. It works on Kinetic Impactor technique. The technique is sending a high speed spacecraft to the path of an astronomical object approaching the earth. The asteroid is called Didymos and is to hit the earth by ..

Topics: Aster • Asteroid • Asteroid impact avoidance • Double Asteroid Redirection Test • Lander • Outer space • Planetary defense • Planetary science • Spacecraft • SpaceX