DART Mission Launches Successfully
At 1:21 a.m. EST on November 24, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. In the ensuing […]
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Draft Report from the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Formulation Assessment and Support Team (ARM FAST) released for comment
NASA posted a draft report today from the Asteroid Redirect Mission Formulation Assessment and Support Team (ARM FAST). The report is intended to support the Requirements Closure Technical Interchange Meeting […]
NASA Seeks Proposals on Asteroid Redirect Mission Concepts Development
In support of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission – a key part of the agency’s stepping stone path to send humans to Mars – agency officials are seeking proposals for studies […]
NASA Releases New Imagery of Asteroid Mission
NASA released Thursday new photos and video animations depicting the agency’s planned mission to find, capture, redirect, and study a near-Earth asteroid. The images depict crew operations including the Orion […]
NASA Completes First Internal Review of Concepts for Asteroid Redirect Mission
NASA has completed the first step toward a mission to find and capture a near-Earth asteroid, redirect it to a stable lunar orbit and send humans to study it. In […]
Asteroid Initiative RFI Release
NASA has released a Request for Information (RFI) on system concepts and innovative approaches for both aspects of the recently announced Asteroid Initiative. The initiative includes an Asteroid Redirect Mission, and an […]