Something for the Weekend: Asteroid 2014 RC Flyby of Earth
Asteroid Flyby of Earth On Sunday, Sept. 7th, a house-sized asteroid named “2014 RC” will fly through the Earth-Moon system approximately 25,000 miles (40,000 km) from…
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JUNO Shoots Movie of Its Earth and Moon Flyby
When NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph (about 7.3 kilometer per…
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NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken by Cassini and MESSENGER
Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions…
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Asteroid 1998 QE2 Moon Movie
Scientists working with NASA’s 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released a new and improved movie clip of near-Earth asteroid 1998 QE2…
Read the articleAsteroid 1998 QE2 to Fly by Earth-Moon System on May 31st
NASA is tracking a large near-Earth asteroid as it passes by the Earth-Moon system on May 31st. Amateur astronomers in the northern hemisphere may be able…
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