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...
July 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...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... in JAXA’s NOZOMI (Mars Explorer) and the first Hayabusa mission. Makoto is additionally interested in the issue of planetary defence, which concerns potential Earth impacts from celestial bodies. He is a member of the NEO (Near Earth Object) working...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
..., numerous other issues will need to be addressed. Such issues include matters related to planetary protection, planetary defence, cybersecurity, space weather, space transportation systems, standardisation of space ports, space traffic management...
08 September 2016
Close encounters of the asteroid kind: 2016 RB1 passes remarkably close to Earth
..., as many such asteroids are discovered quite late in their approach to Earth. A number of projects aimed at developing a viable planetary defence strategy have been suggested and implemented, including the Global Space Governance Study, the...
