Tagged: space agencies

Defending the planet from asteroids - Out of Space

Duncan Steel • May 02, 2019 •

• asteroids,
• comets,
• cosmic impacts,
• near-Earth objects,
• planetary defence,
• satellites,
• space,
• space agencies

Astronauts, astronomers, planetary scientists, space researchers and aerospace engineers are meeting near Washington DC to discuss how we might deal with any asteroid found to be heading for a cataclysmic collision with Earth, perhaps causing a global catastrophe. That is, if it was actually found before it caught us unawares.  As I type this I am sat in a large, … Read More

A brief history of Martian exploration – as the InSight Lander prepares to launch - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 22, 2018 •

• atmosphere,
• cassini,
• Curiosity,
• Insight,
• Juno mission,
• Jupiter,
• Mars,
• Mars mission,
• NASA,
• Opportunity,
• outer space,
• planetary science,
• sedimentology,
• space agencies,
• spirit,
• water

Helen Maynard-Casely, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Roughly every two years Mars and Earth wander a bit closer to each other, making the leap between these two planets a little easier. In July this year, Mars will only be about 58 million kilometres away – and NASA is set to take advantage by launching their next mission … Read More