by National Space Society | Aug 2, 2011 | Asteroids, NASA, Space
Vesta Image from 5,200 kilometers Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA See also full rotation movie of Vesta. The Dawn spacecraft has completed imaging of Vesta from an altitude of 5,200 kilometers and has begun spiraling down to an altitude of...
by National Space Society | Jul 27, 2011 | Asteroids, Astronauts, Astronomy, Event, NASA, Space, Space Settlement
Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA Scientists using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the first Trojan Asteroid in Earth orbit. Trojans orbit at a location in front of or behind a planet known as...
by National Space Society | Jul 21, 2011 | Asteroids, NASA, Space Exploration
Craters on Vesta Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the protoplanet Vesta with its framing camera on July 18, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 10,500 kilometers. The smallest detail...
by National Space Society | Jun 12, 2011 | Asteroids, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA
ISDC conference report by Dave Fischer Professor Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi presented the history and results of the Hayabusa program, formally known as MUSES-C. Professor Kawaguchi is the Program Manager for the MUSES-C program at the Lunar and Planetary Exploration...