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MESSENGER – From Setbacks to Success

August 2, 2024

Sandra L. Johnson

The excerpts below are taken from Discovery Program oral history interviews conducted in 2009 by Dr. Susan Niebur and tell the story of the hurdles the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission team faced with the technical requirements of visiting Mercury, budget challenges, and schedule impacts —all while keeping their mission goals…
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Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System

May 28, 2024

Passant Rabie

The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and around three trillion comets and icy bodies. Although not all objects of the solar system are as well known as Earth, Jupiter, or other celestial bodi…
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How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

April 25, 2024

Passant Rabie

In about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers). During this rare encounter, Apophis will be ten times closer to Earth than the Moon and scientist…
Read more: How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
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‘The Nightmare Is Over’: NASA Resurrects VERITAS Mission to Venus

March 14, 2024

Passant Rabie

A long overdue mission to Venus is finally back on track after being put on hold due to budgeting and staffing issues at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Read more…
Read more: ‘The Nightmare Is Over’: NASA Resurrects VERITAS Mission to Venus
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NASA Needs Ideas to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis

February 2, 2024

Passant Rabie

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is fast approaching our home planet for an uncomfortably close encounter in 2029. In order to prepare for the rare event, NASA is calling for ideas for low cost missions to rendezvous with Apophis, but the space agency already ha…
Read more: NASA Needs Ideas to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis
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Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time

January 31, 2024

Passant Rabie

Fresh off of its first asteroid encounter that revealed a bonus space rock, Lucy is now ready for the big leagues. The NASA spacecraft began maneuvering its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, traveling to a farther orbit in deep space in order to reach…
Read more: Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time
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NASA Asteroid Probe Snaps First Image, Revealing a Field of Stars

December 11, 2023

Passant Rabie

It departed our planet just over two months ago, but NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is already 16 million miles from Earth, well on its way to its main destination: the asteroid Psyche. Eager to prove its readiness, the spacecraft recently beamed back the fi…
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Another Lucy Bonus: Asteroid’s Surprise Moon Is Actually Two Rocks Stuck Together

November 7, 2023

Passant Rabie

The first look at the Dinkinesh asteroid revealed a surprise: The small space rock had its own moon. Now as the Lucy spacecraft downlinked more images of its first target, it showed not one but two tiny asteroids orbiting around Dinkinesh.Read more…
Read more: Another Lucy Bonus: Asteroid’s Surprise Moon Is Actually Two Rocks Stuck Together
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Seeing Double: Lucy’s First Target Asteroid Has a Tiny Moon

November 3, 2023

Passant Rabie

As NASA’s Lucy spacecraft zoomed past its first asteroid on Wednesday, its mission scientists made a surprising discovery of a bonus space rock.Read more…
Read more: Seeing Double: Lucy’s First Target Asteroid Has a Tiny Moon
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NASA’s Lucy Ready to Explore Its First Asteroid This Week

October 30, 2023

Passant Rabie

After traveling millions of miles over the past two years, the Lucy spacecraft has almost reached its first destination. NASA’s asteroid probe will briefly rendezvous with Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt on Wednesday to prepare for its future visit…
Read more: NASA’s Lucy Ready to Explore Its First Asteroid This Week

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