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    The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) was a mission by NASA to develop a controllable low-cost CubeSat solar sail spacecraft capable of encountering...
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    Asteroid impact avoidance encompasses the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted away,...
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    1991 VG (category Earth co-orbital asteroids)
    June 2017. The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout is a low-cost CubeSat solar sail spacecraft by NASA capable of encountering near-Earth asteroids and taking high...
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    (Artemis 1) in November 2022 was set to use a solar sail: the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout). The CubeSat was declared lost when communications were...
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    hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make close approaches to the Earth and which is large enough...
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    September 2016, operational Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), launched November 2021, completed Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, launched November 2022, failed...
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    The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL's) facility for computing asteroid and comet orbits and their...
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    Retrieved 15 January 2024. Jones, Andrew (10 August 2021). "China Plans Near-Earth Asteroid Smash-and-Grab". IEEE. Retrieved 10 August 2021. Zhang, Xiaojing;...
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    2019. It reentered the atmosphere on 17 November 2022. The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) was a mission jointly developed by NASA's Marshall Space...
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    lost. Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was a solar sail that would have flown by a near-Earth asteroid. Communications...
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    the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It continually monitors the most up-to-date asteroid catalog for possibilities...
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    suggested that the near-Earth asteroid 2005 NB56 may be a possible candidate for the Tunguska object's parent body as the asteroid made a close approach...
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    space with near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu on 27 June 2018. It surveyed the asteroid for a year and a half and took samples. It left the asteroid in November...
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    short descriptions of redirect targets List of missions to Venus Near-Earth Asteroid Scout – Solar sail spacecraft NanoSail-D2 – Satellite designed to test...
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    Hera (space mission) (category Missions to asteroids)
    Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding...
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    preparations for CuSP. Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA, a solar sail spacecraft that was planned to encounter a near-Earth asteroid (mission failure) BioSentinel...
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    Artemis 1 mission Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA was a solar sail spacecraft that was planned to encounter a near-Earth asteroid (mission failure)...
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  • Thumbnail for Lunar IceCube
    mission Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, was a solar sail spacecraft that was planned to encounter a near-Earth asteroid (mission...
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    Spaceflight portal List of CubeSats Solar sail CubeSats LightSail-1 Near-Earth Asteroid Scout "NanoSail D". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 20 November 2010...
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    IceCube missions will hunt for signs of water ice on the moon, and Near-Earth Asteroid Scout will use a solar sail to rendezvous with a space rock. Northon...
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    in the Artemis 1 mission Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA is a solar sail spacecraft that will encounter a near-Earth asteroid BioSentinel is an astrobiology...
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    Artemis 1 mission Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA was a solar sail spacecraft that was planned to encounter a near-Earth asteroid (mission failure)...
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    Artemis 1 mission Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA was a solar sail spacecraft that was planned to encounter a near-Earth asteroid (mission failure)...
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    satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument captured views of Earth. The ABI views Earth with sixteen different channels, each measuring energy at different...
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    catalogue, and study near-Earth objects (NEO), especially those that may impact Earth (potentially hazardous objects). Asteroids are discovered by telescopes...
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    orbital station-keeping, by using a precise balance point in the gravities of Earth and the Moon that offers a stable trajectory. The main objective of the...
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    Artemis 1 mission Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA was a solar sail spacecraft that was planned to encounter a near-Earth asteroid (mission failure)...
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    Retrieved 28 September 2022. "NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Splash Down Near Florida Coast, Safe on Earth". NASA (Press release). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March...
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    IceCube missions will hunt for signs of water ice on the moon, and Near-Earth Asteroid Scout will use a solar sail to rendezvous with a space rock. Northon...
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  • Team Miles (2022–present) BioSentinel (2022–present) Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, will do an asteroid flyby (2022–present) On Apollos 8 and 10–17, each S-IVB...
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