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Asteroid flyby will benefit NASA detection and tracking network
Washington, July 30 (IBNS): NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to use its upcoming October close approach to Earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test NASA’s network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense.
New horizons halfway from Pluto to next flyby target
Washington, Apr 4 (IBNS): Continuing on its path through the outer regions of the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has now traveled half the distance from Pluto – its storied first target – to 2014 MU69, the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) it will fly past on Jan. 1, 2019.
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Asteroid flyby will benefit NASA detection and tracking network Sun, Jul 30 2017
New horizons halfway from Pluto to next flyby target Tue, Apr 04 2017