NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) revealed that this giant asteroid has a diameter of 110 feet, and is expected to pass the Earth today while making a close approach of 5.52 million kilometres. The good part is that it will not even appear again for another century at least!
There is another asteroid named NEO 2022 QP3 that will fly by on August 28 at a safe distance of 5.51 million kilometres. This is the same as the size of the previous asteroid NEO 2022 QQ4 but the worrying part is that it is moving quicker, at 29000 kmph.
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid in Upcoming Planetary Defense Test - HS Today
In late September to early October, around the time of DART's impact, Didymos and Dimorphos will make their closest approach to Earth in recent years.
Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the DART investigation team last month completed a six-night observation campaign to confirm earlier calculations of the orbit of Dimorphos—DART’s asteroid target—around its larger parent asteroid, Didymos, confirming ...
Stargazing: Venus hanging by the moon | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
@stephenrafter89 Yes, We Will Show Images of Asteroid Dimorphos as They Return to Earth ...
Yes, we will show images of asteroid Dimorphos as they return to Earth from the DRACO instrument aboard DART up until impact. In this case, loss of signal at that point will be a good indicator that all went according to plan!— NASA (@NASA) August 24, 2022
NASA's SLS rocket is an engineering marvel. Here's what each major component does
The mission will kickstart NASA's Artemis launches, which will send humans back to the moon for the first time since 1972, and also pave the way for crewed missions to Mars.
A lot of hard work has gone towards the August 29 launch, culminating in the launch of SLS. The powerhouse rocket's many components were built by many organizations, each serving a vital purpose. Here is a visualization of the major components of SLS.
China Threatens U.S. Dominance in Space | Time
T he U.S. might be celebrating the impending launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket and the serial successes of the James Webb Space Telescope, but according to at least some experts, there’s a potential skunk at the cosmic picnic: China.
For starters, there is China’s militarization of space activities.
Artemis I will deliver first biology experiment to deep space – WSVN 7News | Miami News, ...
The findings from these experiments are essential in helping to pave a path toward the safe return of humans to the moon and an eventual crewed landing on Mars through future Artemis missions.
The Artemis team expects the inaugural mission to launch between 8:33 a.m. ET and 10:33 a.m. ET on Monday, August 29.
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