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Nasa’s Dart probe to smash into asteroid in first Earth defence test

Aim is to see whether space rocks can be deflected should one threaten humans with same fate as dinosaurs

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022

US spy satellite launched into orbit from California

A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has launched into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022

Nasa delays Artemis 1 moon rocket launch again as tropical storm Ian looms

Third delay in the past month for test flight as technical issues and weather hamper US effort to return to the moon after five decades

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2022

NASA's Artemis moon launch delayed as storm expected in Florida

NASA said on Saturday that it was scrapping Tuesday's plans to launch Artemis, the U.S. return to the moon after five decades, noting concerns about a tropical storm headed to Florida.

Reuters · Sep 24, 2022

20 years ago, astronomers rediscovered the first exoplanet ever found

51 Pegasi b is often seen as the first confirmed exoplanet. But seven years before, astronomers found something at Gamma Cephei A b — they just had to prove it was real.

Inverse · Sep 24, 2022

NASA delays moon rocket launch due to potential hurricane

NASA is skipping next week's launch attempt of its new moon rocket because of a tropical storm that's expected to become a major hurricane

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

ISRO eyeing 200th successful launch of RH-200 sounding rocket in a row

3.5 metre-tall RH-200 is a trusted member of the Rohini sounding rocket family used by ISRO for atmospheric studies

The Hindu · Sep 24, 2022

What clues do the newly formed craters on Mars reveal?

An international team of researchers with NASA’s InSight mission recently located four new craters c

The Hindu · Sep 24, 2022

NASA’s spacecraft to test whether an asteroid can be deflected by crashing into it

A tiny deflection could be sufficient to prove that this technique can actually change the path of an asteroid on a collision path with the Earth

The Hindu · Sep 24, 2022

One NASA asset will be critical to Moon and asteroid missions' success

Different missions are vying for a limited number of antennas. And DART and Artemis are running right up against each other.

Inverse · Sep 24, 2022