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NASA VIPER moon rover prototype rolls down ramp in tests on Earth

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by ...

NASA Issues Major Update on 2032 Path of 'City Killer' Asteroid

There were concerns that Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon or Earth.

NASA's TRACERS to study magnetic explosions triggered by space weather

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission will study "magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth's atmosphere," according to the Goddard Space ...

Congress’ updated NASA directive seeks to extend space station life to 2032

A new NASA authorization bill moving through the U.S. Senate would extend the International Space Station’s life among other ...

NASA rules out asteroid smashup on the moon in 2032

NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032. Last year, the uncertainty ...

NASA's DART test for planetary defense proved it can shift an asteroid's solar orbit

Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it—a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks.
Earth.com

NASA warns that over 15,000 'city-killing' asteroids are orbiting Earth undetected

NASA warns that more than 15,000 asteroids capable of destroying cities remain undetected and that Earth has no defense against impact.
The News International

NASA reveals asteroid defense breakthrough to protect Earth from killer space rocks

In 2022, NASA conducted an experiment to see if they could protect Earth from massive killer space rocks. The scientist ...

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say

NASA could soon be scrambling to shore up the U.S.’s presence in low-Earth orbit, thanks to a key Senate committee that wants the space agency to extend the life of the International Space Station ...