12 December 2018
OSIRIS-REx discovers ingredients for water on Bennu
... Bennu. OSIRIS-REx will remain in orbit close to the asteroid until mid-February 2019, when it pulls away to initiate ...used to corroborate ground-based telescopic observations of the asteroid and to confirm that model predictions of Bennu’s actual...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... the spectral content of the ejecta plume. Water content was measured in the 5-10 percent range. In addition, many asteroids, including NEOs, are thought to contain large quantities of water. And we believe there is water on Mars. Second, water...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) to help coordinate a better defence against asteroids, we are a long way from a global space governance system for planetary defence. In fact, as UNISPACE+50 prepares to convene...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
...ahead and behind Mars along its orbit is a family of asteroids known as Trojans. Along with Mars, these small rocky worlds ... their uncommon composition. These yet to be discovered small asteroids might have to wait until the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
... world, it revealed a fascinating, complex, alien place more akin to Earth and other terrestrial planets than to typical asteroids. Now it is again sailing on the celestial seas and in March, it will be at its new, permanent home, dwarf planet...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... friction between nations over the potential economic benefits of space resources. One of Planetary Resources’ targets is an X-type asteroid which may contain more platinum than has ever been mined on Earth to date. Composed of primarily metal...
