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Earth Safe from Asteroid 2012 LZ1 for 750 Years

By Merryl Azriel on June 26, 2012

Asteroid 2012 LZ1 as photographed by the Arecibo Observatory (Credits: Arecibo). Asteroid 2012 LZ1 was discovered on June 10, 2012 and classified... Read more →

Extreme Solar Weather

Noctilucent Clouds Photographed from ISS

By Staff Writers on June 26, 2012

Source: NASA Polar mesospheric clouds in the Northern Hemisphere are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member on the... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

NASA and ESA to Test Laser Communication

By Pedro Vaz Teixeira on June 26, 2012

A green laser aims for the moon in an optical test (Credits: ESA). NASA and ESA are scheduled to test a laser communication link from a NASA... Read more →

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NASA Engineers Anticipating “Seven Minutes of Terror” During Curiosity Landing

By Staff Writers on June 25, 2012

The massive, nuclear powered Mars Science Lander is due to land Curiosity on the Martian surface on August 5. In the intervening months since MSL's... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

Making Public Aware of Potentially Dangerous Asteroids

By Joe Pelton on June 25, 2012

Joseph N. Pelton, President, International Space Safety Foundation and Chair, IAASS Academic Committee, is addressing the issues relating to... Read more →

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Shenzhou-9 Manual Docking a “Complete Success”

By Merryl Azriel on June 25, 2012

Shenzhou-9 pulling away from Tiangong-1 in preparation for the manual docking (Credits: Xinhua/Zha Chunming). On June 24, six days after... Read more →