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Hyper-velocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response (HAMMER) is a concept study by NASA on a spacecraft (8 tonnes) capable of detonating a nuclear bomb to deflect an asteroid, if it was on a collision course to Earth.
Ceres-1 (Chinese: 谷神星一号; pinyin: Gushenxing-1), is a four-stage rocket manufactured and operated by Galactic Energy, the first three stages use solid-propellant rocket motors and the final stage uses a hydrazine propulsion system.
Asteroid orbiter: In orbit: En route ⚀ Juventas [163] ESA: Heliocentric: Asteroid probe: In orbit: Awaiting deployment ⚀ Milani [164] ESA: Heliocentric: Asteroid probe: In orbit: Awaiting deployment Falcon 9 First Stage Booster (B1061) is expended in this mission. 10 October 13:50 [118] [165] Long March 3B/E: 3B-Y99 Xichang LC-2 CASC ...
First asteroid known to have more than one moon (determined in 2005) 90 Antiope: 80×80: October 1, 1866: Double asteroid with two nearly equal components; its double nature was discovered using adaptive optics in 2000 92 Undina: 126: 1867 July 7: Created in one of the largest asteroid-on-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years 216 ...
The MBR Explorer is a planned UAESA space probe designed to journey to seven different main belt asteroids. [2] [3] Proposed under the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, it is named in recognition of the foundational role driving the creation and growth of the UAE Space Program played by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice president and the prime minister of the United Arab ...
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). [4] [5] It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when hitting the asteroid head-on. [6]
Largest comsat in the world at time of launch until the launch of TerreStar-1 in 2009 by Ariane 5 and then Telstar 19V on 21 July 2018 by Falcon 9. 15 4 April 2009 00:31 421 AV-016 Cape Canaveral, SLC-41 USA-204 (WGS-2) Military comsat GTO Success [82] 16 18 June 2009 21:32 401 AV-020 Cape Canaveral, SLC-41 LRO/LCROSS: Lunar exploration HEO to ...
From June 2010, to the end of 2019, Falcon 9 was launched 77 times, with 75 full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload were destroyed on the launch pad during the fueling process before a static fire test was set to occur.