Published 4 years ago

European space agency signs deal for asteroid defence mission

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The European space agency (ESA) signed a deal worth 129 million euros ($154 million) on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth. NASA is due to launch a spacecraft in June 2021 set on a collision course with the Dimorphos asteroid to test whether it would be possible to nudge objects that might be threatening Earth onto a safer path.

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Yahoo News

European space agency signs deal for asteroid defence mission

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Reuters

European space agency signs deal for asteroid defence mission

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Asteroid experts unveil £118million project to protect Earth from asteroid strikes

ASTEROID experts at the European Space Agency (ESA) have today launched a major project aimed at protecting Earth from deadly asteroids - despite there only being a tiny chance of a major asteroid hitting our planet.

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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Sydney Morning Herald

European space agency signs deal for asteroid defence mission

The mission is reminiscent of the 1998 film Armageddon, in which actor Bruce Willis plays a member of a team sent to destroy an asteroid to save Earth.

4 years ago·Sydney, Australia

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South China Morning Post

European space agency joins Nasa for asteroid defence mission

The European space agency (ESA) signed a deal worth €129 million (US$154 million) to make a spacecraft for a joint project with Nasa looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth.Nasa is due to launch a spacecraft in June 2021 set on a collision course with the Dimorphos asteroid to test whether it would be possible to nudge objects that might be threatening Earth onto a safer path.ESA will then launch its spacecraft – named Hera after…

4 years ago·Hong Kong

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