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NASA set to ram distant asteroid in bid to avoid future catastrophes on Earth

On Monday evening, a robotic NASA spacecraft is programmed to ram itself into a distant asteroid at 14,000 miles per hour in deep space to demonstrate the agency’s future ability to defend Earth from hazardous space rocks.

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NASA stands down from Tuesday launch for Artemis I, might roll back

ORLANDO, Fla. — With the approaching threat of what is forecast to be Hurricane Ian, NASA finally threw in the towel for a launch attempt Tuesday of its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA delaying Moon rocket launch due to Tropical Storm Ian

The launch was originally scheduled for Tuesday.

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NASA delays the Artemis 1 moon mission for a third time as a tropical storm approaches

The launch of the uncrewed space vehicle was scheduled for Tuesday but is being pushed back because Tropical Storm Ian might hit Florida next week as a hurricane.

WEKU

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

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

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

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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

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

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

AP News Digest 4:15 a.m.

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The Independent UK

Life on Mars hope as machine produces oxygen on red planet for the first time

A team has been able to churn out enough oxygen to sustain astronauts on Mars over the past 18 months — all from a piece of kit the size of a lunchbox

Daily Mirror

Approaching storm may delay launch try for NASA moon rocket

This would be the third launch attempt for the Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA.

The Hindu

Tom Cruise discusses his love of Britain as he says it's 'just like he's seen in movies'

Tom Cruise has opened up about his love of Britain, explaining that the countryside, the people and the history are part of the charm - having filmed several projects here over the course of his career

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Inverse

Artemis I Moon launch may be delayed again — and NASA can't do anything about it

NASA hopes the next 24 hours have good news to launch on Tuesday. But an incoming storm system could make things difficult.

The Independent UK

Approaching storm may delay launch try for NASA moon rocket

NASA's new moon rocket could face more launch delays, this time by tropical weather

The Guardian - UK

A look back to 1972, the last time tax cuts so big were brought in

At the time of Anthony Barber’s ‘dash for growth’ budget, a pint of milk cost 6p, Nilsson was top of the charts and Brian Clough was in his heyday at Derby County

Evening Standard

Smiths Group shares lead small band of FTSE 100 gainers

Engineering group also ups its forecast as order book stays strong despite supply chain “challenges”

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Meet Planet Earth's newest island – riddled with volcanoes and covering just six acres

Pacific eruption caused new landmass to form, says NASA

Inverse

NASA will smash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday — what you need to know

The DART mission doesn't have much aboard — and that's kind of the point.

Asharq Al-Awsat

NASA Gears Up to Deflect Asteroid, in Key Test of Planetary Defense

NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship launched from California…

The Hindu

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away

Orlando Sentinel

NASA says test good enough to try for Artemis launch next week

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA announced Thursday that the cryogenic fueling test this week at Kennedy Space Center did well enough to keep moving toward a launch attempt as early as Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

NASA to smash spaceship into asteroid TONIGHT to help save Earth from destruction

Astronomers are hoping that spacecraft Double Asteroid Redirection Test will shorten the orbit time by about 10 minutes while destroying itself in the process, providing hope should we ever need to deflect a true threat

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away

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