Engineers prepare NEA Scout for integration and shipping at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
NASA's NEA Scout spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture, System Test configuration at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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The asteroid that exploded in the skies over Siberia injuring more than 1,000 and damaging buildings in six cities was a shocking reminder that Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting range.
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Thousands of tons of extraterrestrial material pummel Earth's surface each year. The vast majority of it is too small to see with the naked eye, but even bits of cosmic dust have secrets to reveal.
By poring over more than 2,800 grains from micrometeorites, researchers have found that the amount of extraterrestrial material falling to Earth has remained remarkably stable over millions of years.
Heavenly Pop Hit: Super fan names asteroid after The Chills' frontman | Stuff.co.nz
The asteroid has been officially named after Martin Phillipps, the lead singer for iconic Dunedin band The Chills .
"I don't think I've laughed so much as when I got the message ... it's really wonderful actually," Phillipps said.
The out-of-this world announcement for the singer, who penned hits like Heavenly Pop Hit and Pink Frost , was made by Dr Ian Griffin of Otago Museum, who discovered the asteroid from Cocoa in Florida on January 12, 1999.
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft to the Trojan asteroids will bring a plaque with famous people into space
NASA 's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids, a group of space rocks that share Jupiter's orbit around the sun, will bring some inspired words from some very famous people with it when it launches in October 2021.
And Carl Sagan, Albert Einstein, The Beatles, Martin Luther King Jr. and more will be among the group.
Asteroids v Earth: Meet the Belfast scientist helping keep us safe | UTV | ITV News
A scientist once described as "the rockstar of space" in Northern Ireland is working on an international mission to keep Earth safe from asteroids.
Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from Queen's University Belfast is working alongside NASA and the European Space Agency on a special mission.
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