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NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on its way to study a pair of asteroids after lifting off Thursday, September 27, 2007 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:34 a.m. EDT (4:34 a.m. PDT).
Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., received telemetry on schedule at 9:44 a.m. EDT (6:44 a.m. PDT) indicating Dawn had achieved proper orientation in space and its massive solar array was generating power from the sun.
During the next 80 days, spacecraft controllers will test and calibrate the myriad of spacecraft systems and subsystems, ensuring Dawn is ready for the long journey ahead.
Dawn's 4.8-billion-kilometer...
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Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., received telemetry on schedule at 9:44 a.m. EDT (6:44 a.m. PDT) indicating Dawn had achieved proper orientation in space and its massive solar array was generating power from the sun.
During the next 80 days, spacecraft controllers will test and calibrate the myriad of spacecraft systems and subsystems, ensuring Dawn is ready for the long journey ahead.
Dawn's 4.8-billion-kilometer...
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Duration: 01:53
The Dawn spacecraft will employ ion propulsion to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intriguing and dissimilar occupants: asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres.
Dawn's goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system's earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations. Ceres and Vesta reside in the extensive zone between Mars and Jupiter together with many other smaller bodies, called the asteroid belt. Each has followed a very different evolutionary path constrained by the diversity of processes that operated during the first few million years of solar system evolution.
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Dawn's goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system's earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations. Ceres and Vesta reside in the extensive zone between Mars and Jupiter together with many other smaller bodies, called the asteroid belt. Each has followed a very different evolutionary path constrained by the diversity of processes that operated during the first few million years of solar system evolution.
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Duration: 04:23
JPL scientists use advanced technologies to track asteroids and comets that have the potential to one day come close to Earth. This story details what seemed to be a close call with an asteroid named Apophis in 2004.
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This is part 2 of a 5 part episode. To watch the full show go to my channel (Zuke696) then go to my Playlist, find the show then click Play All - In a far corner of our solar system orbiting quietly lurks one of the biggest threats to the survival of the human species. Some where up there is an asteroid with our name on it. This is the story of the struggle of science against extinction. The race against time to find a way to save the Earth and all the people on it from a Killer Asteroid.
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Duration: 09:00
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Asteroid Zooms by Earth
January 29, 2008 As expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its closest point, the asteroid was 554,209 kilometers (344,370 miles) from Earth, or roughly 1.4 times the distance between the moon and Earth.
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. had tracked the asteroid in advance and determined that there was no possibility of an impact. The rare close approach is providing a bonanza for scientists, who plan to scrutinize images and data gathered in hopes of learning more about our solar system's...
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January 29, 2008 As expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its closest point, the asteroid was 554,209 kilometers (344,370 miles) from Earth, or roughly 1.4 times the distance between the moon and Earth.
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. had tracked the asteroid in advance and determined that there was no possibility of an impact. The rare close approach is providing a bonanza for scientists, who plan to scrutinize images and data gathered in hopes of learning more about our solar system's...
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Will an asteroid strike the Earth and wipe out all life as we know it? IR-2 and his robotic crew make random phone calls to find out.
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/19/Neil_DeGrasse_Tyson_Death_by_Black_Hole
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes one possible solution for altering the trajectory of an earthbound asteroid.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries."
Whether discussing the universe's origins as host of NOVA's "scienceNOW" or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on "The Colbert Report," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe's complexities for a broad audience.
Known as the great explainer of all things cosmic, Tyson first became known in the...
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Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes one possible solution for altering the trajectory of an earthbound asteroid.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries."
Whether discussing the universe's origins as host of NOVA's "scienceNOW" or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on "The Colbert Report," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe's complexities for a broad audience.
Known as the great explainer of all things cosmic, Tyson first became known in the...
Views: 12,747
Duration: 05:08
This movie of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by the Cassini spacecraft cameras shows a banded appearance due to winds, as well as dark cyclonic ovals.
The movie is comprised of 45 frames captured between February 6 and March 30, 2004, as Cassini coasted toward Saturn. The images were projected onto a rectangular longitude system to make a cylindrical map, with one map for each rotation of the planet that was captured by the cameras. These cylindrical maps (shown here also in movie form) were then projected back onto a globe-shaped Saturn.
This view of Saturn is similar to those seen in movies made from Cassini's encounter with Jupiter, except that in this case only the...
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Duration: 02:33
The movie is comprised of 45 frames captured between February 6 and March 30, 2004, as Cassini coasted toward Saturn. The images were projected onto a rectangular longitude system to make a cylindrical map, with one map for each rotation of the planet that was captured by the cameras. These cylindrical maps (shown here also in movie form) were then projected back onto a globe-shaped Saturn.
This view of Saturn is similar to those seen in movies made from Cassini's encounter with Jupiter, except that in this case only the...
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Duration: 02:33
NASA animation of the possible path of asteroid 2007 WD5 as it approaches Mars in January 2008
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Duration: 26 seconds
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Duration: 26 seconds
An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, setting off a potentially brilliant natural fireworks display. (Oct. 6)
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titanic collisions mark the history of our solar system.
you can see evidence in such places as arizonas 50,000-year old meteor crater.
is earth due for another major blast??
meet the professional and amateur astronomers who may be the first to know.
at a near-earth asteroid detection facility in new mexico called LINEAR,
and the smithsonians minor planet center,where near-earth objects are tracked for possible hits or misses.
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Duration: 07:09
you can see evidence in such places as arizonas 50,000-year old meteor crater.
is earth due for another major blast??
meet the professional and amateur astronomers who may be the first to know.
at a near-earth asteroid detection facility in new mexico called LINEAR,
and the smithsonians minor planet center,where near-earth objects are tracked for possible hits or misses.
Views: 81
Duration: 07:09
The spacecraft Dawn on its way to the asteroid belt, from JPL.
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Dr. Bidushi Bhattacharya helps us understand how astronomers find these tiny space rocks.
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A video by ESA regarding past and future science projects. Date- 29th Oct 08. Source- http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmghome.pl
'Since the very first satellites carrying scientific instruments were launched, our understanding of the cosmos has improved. The Sun is studied to the core and, beyond our star, the Universe is becoming less obscure.
Knowledge of the Universe relates directly to humanitys future. Over decades, ESAs science programme has been conducted with long-term vision and, on many occasions, in international partnerships. The Cosmic Vision initiative is now paving the way for future missions that will launch starting in 2015.
Understanding...
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Duration: 05:45
'Since the very first satellites carrying scientific instruments were launched, our understanding of the cosmos has improved. The Sun is studied to the core and, beyond our star, the Universe is becoming less obscure.
Knowledge of the Universe relates directly to humanitys future. Over decades, ESAs science programme has been conducted with long-term vision and, on many occasions, in international partnerships. The Cosmic Vision initiative is now paving the way for future missions that will launch starting in 2015.
Understanding...
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Duration: 05:45
A video we made for an earth science project
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