by admin | Aug 15, 2024 | asteroids, interplanetary defence, mission, Nasa, NEOWISE, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
Launched in 2011, NASA’s NEOWISE mission operated in Earth’s orbit until late last week. It detected more than 3,000 near-Earth objects or NEOs – asteroids or comets whose orbits can bring them close to Earth, even with the possibility of a collision. NEOWISE was shut... by admin | Dec 31, 2023 | mission, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space...