Asteroid Initiative

OSIRIS-APEX, formerly OSIRIS-REx, will study the physical changes to asteroid Apophis after the asteroid’s rare close encounter with Earth in…

After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration…

An agreement between NASA and the U.S. Space Force recently authorized the public release of decades of data collected by…

By Wayne Smith It sounds like a plot for a movie but protecting Earth from a potential impact by a…

NASA is preparing to launch a new spacecraft on a quest to unlock the mysteries of our Solar System’s formation.…

Set to launch next year, NASA’s Psyche mission marks the first time the agency has set out to explore an…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Psyche’s launch date has been moved to October 2023 and its flight plan updated since this story was…

As part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid is well on its way to an…

Set to launch next year, the agency’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid belt between…