ExLabs has selected CUS-GNC’s SpacePilot onboard autonomy software to provide guidance, navigation, and control for its Mission to Asteroid Apophis. The collaboration strengthens ExLabs’ ability to ...

In previous DLR blog posts, I wrote about the preparations for the scientific investigation of asteroid Apophis by the RAMSES mission – a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the ...

OSIRIS-REx has already put more than 2 billion miles on its odometer, but NASA hopes to squeeze one last road trip out of the history-making spacecraft. NASA has extended the University of Arizona-led ...

Some of the universe’s biggest changes are already underway, even if no one alive today will see the outcome In astronomy, the word "soon" is marked by a large asterisk. What appears urgent on ...

When astronomers talk about asteroid Apophis, the mood is a mix of fascination and unease. Discovered in 2004 and quickly nicknamed the “God of Chaos,” it forced space agencies and risk modelers to ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from ...

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove incredibly destructive, like the 60-foot Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over ...

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