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NASA explains debris slamming North Carolina mountain resort from space

Space junk has crash-landed on lavish North Carolina property. A landscaping worker at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, discovered a large, mysterious object on May 22. NASA confirmed that it was part of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. […]

NASA first sample shows asteroid Bennu could be from small ocean world

NASA’s first asteroid sample is the cleanest of its kind. Now, back on Earth, samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are already yielding surprising discoveries about the early solar system and where asteroids came from. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped rock and soil samples from the pristine asteroid into the Utah desert last year after a […]

NASA predicts asteroid has 72% chance of hitting Earth in 14 years

What would happen if a never-before-seen asteroid were hurtling towards us and potentially colliding with Earth? That’s the hypothetical scenario NASA astronomers tested in a recent simulation, as officials tried to plan for an asteroid that has a 72 percent chance of hitting Earth within just 14 years. After a theoretical timeline was presented to […]

NASA again postpones return of Boeing Starliner crew from space

NASA and Boeing have again postponed the return of the Starliner with its two-person crew from the International Space Station (ISS). Complete a full review Regarding technical problems with the spacecraft. The mission, Boeing’s first manned space launch, was originally scheduled to last nine days. It’s unclear at this time exactly when flight commander Butch […]

NASA simulates asteroid heading toward Earth in defense exercise

(News Nation) — NASA’s preventative doomsday approach reached new heights in a test simulating a hypothetical asteroid that would hit Earth in 2038, according to a report released this week. of simulation This was the fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise, in which NASA, the U.S. government and international representatives attempted to plan for an […]