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NASA to Smash Satellite Into Asteroid in 2020
2017-07-05 20:20:04| Extremetech
The technology to deflect an asteroid impact is currently beyond us, but NASA is preparing to test a potential solution. The post NASA to Smash Satellite Into Asteroid in 2020 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Launch of NASAs asteroid sample-return mission goes off without a hitch
2016-09-09 20:24:15| Extremetech
NASA's new spacecraft OSIRIS-REx is on its way to rendezvous with an asteroid.
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OSIRIS-REx is about to go collect (and return) samples from an asteroid
2016-05-31 16:11:30| Extremetech
NASA's OSIRIS-REx is getting ready to launch, meet up with an asteroid, grab some rocks, then return home.
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Deep Space Industries partners with Luxembourg for asteroid mining probe
2016-05-06 17:00:38| Extremetech
Before you can mine asteroids, you first have to figure out how to get to them.
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Were dinosaurs already headed for extinction before the asteroid hit?
2016-04-19 16:15:48| Extremetech
Dinosaurs may have been finished off with a killer asteroid, but new research shows that they may already have been headed for a disaster all their own.
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