NEA Scout Stories
NASA Solar Sail Mission to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I Launch
NEA Scout will visit an asteroid estimated to be smaller than a school bus – the smallest asteroid ever to be studied by a spacecraft. Launching with the Artemis I uncrewed test flight, NASA’s shoebox-size Near-Earth Asteroid Scout will chase…
NASA Solar Sail Asteroid Mission Readies for Launch on Artemis I
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the correct metric conversion for NEA Scout’s camera resolution. NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout is tucked away safely inside the agency’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The object — designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) — was discovered on Aug. 30, 2019, by Gennady Borisov at…
Media Invited to View Near-Earth Asteroid Scout Solar Sail, Space Launch System Progress
Editor’s note: NASA is delaying the Near Earth Asteroid Scout solar sail deployment test and media event. During the final assembly phase, the NEA Scout team discovered an issue with the deployment boom. The team is working to prepare a…
NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail
NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full-scale solar sail deployment test at ManTech NeXolve’s facility in Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 13. The test was performed in…
NASA Tests Solar Sail Deployment for Asteroid-Surveying CubeSat NEA Scout
Progress continues on the journey to Mars as NASA plans to send astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including to an asteroid and ultimately to the surface of Mars. Before humans embark on the journey, the agency will survey…