December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... option would also use advanced technologies for the capture and control of so-called non-cooperative objects. Planetary defence When the ARM robotic vehicle is in close proximity to the target asteroid, NASA can demonstrate basic techniques...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... Laboratory (APL), will test the feasibility of diverting the path of an asteroid. It will be a ground-breaking experiment in planetary defence techniques. AIM itself will perform detailed before-and-after comparisons on the structure of the body...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
...-made space objects (i.e. space debris) or from the impact of large asteroids or comets (i.e. planetary defence). Members of the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection (see - https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/scientific-structure/ppp). COSPAR Panel Implementing...
29 June 2018
All things asteroid: Who, What, Where and When
... for near-Earth objects (NEO). ESA has also entered its next engineering phase for an ambitious planetary defence experiment known as Hera. Named for the Greek goddess of marriage, Hera will work in tandem with a NASA...
June 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... expected to increase the annual detection rate of NEAs from 100 to 150 and play an increasingly vital role in planetary defence. However, these dreams of future science ended on 1 December 2020, when the Gregorian reflector platform of this iconic...
04 February 2022
NASA’s real-life “Don’t Look Up” programme
... on Haleakalā and Maunaloa in Hawai’i to include two additional observatories in South Africa and Chile. “An important part of planetary defence is finding asteroids before they find us, so if necessary, we can get them before they get us” said Kelly...
