NASA has reached major milestones in asteroid exploration. Here are five highlights.
When we think of planet killer asteroids, survival odds might seem slim. But we aren't defenseless.
On November 19, 2005, the Japanese Hayabusa (HI-uh-BOOS-uh) spacecraft made the first liftoff from an asteroid. Hayabusa was supposed to return asteroid samples to Earth. Asteroids are space rocks ...
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