Asteroid Mining Mission – Planetary Resources
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Investors and small companies like Planetary Resources are looking at missions to mine near Earth asteroids. As has been proven by SpaceX, space is...
Category: Asteroids & Comets
Dawn’s Farewell Portrait of Vesta
– ” For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – An amazing simulated flyover of the most intriguing landmarks on giant asteroid Vesta, as seen by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Dawn’s goal is to research and...
The Dawn Vesta Mission
– “For You to Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Nasa’s Dawn mission is to study the Asteroid Vesta and then move on to study the Ceres the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt....
Mission to Land On A Comet
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Some information on the ESA Rosetta spacecraft and its mission to land a probe named ‘Philae’ on the Comet ’67P’. The spacecraft was launched...
Possible Impact Of Asteroid Apophis
-“For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A massive asteroid is heading in the vicinity of Earth. Experts can’t seem to agree on the probability of collision. Some say as high as...
Asteroid Streaks Past Earth
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The asteroid, 2101 LZ1 that I posted on yesterday streaked past Earth last night and was caught on film. It can still be seen...
Huge Asteroid To Fly By Earth Today!
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A recently discovered asteroid which astronomers have called “2012 LZ1” , and is about 500 metres wide will fly by the Earth today! It is...
Halley’s Comet
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Halley’s Comet is the best known of the regular quick return period comets and is visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years. Sightings...
Comet Strikes Jupiter In 1994
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A Comet, Shoemaker Levy 9, struck the Planet Jupiter in 1994 and resulted in the biggest explosions ever witnessed by human beings. It was the first...
