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NASA alert! 120-foot airplane-sized asteroid 2025 MM to make closest flyby on Earth today; should we be concerned
Space enthusiasts are tracking Asteroid 2025 MM. It is airplane-sized. It will safely pass by Earth this week. The asteroid ...
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5 asteroids, including 2 the size of an airplane, are zooming close to Earth this week
Five asteroids, one as large as a house and two each the size of an airplane, will fly past Earth between Sept. 6 and Sept. 12, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard. The house-sized ...
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NASA Alert! 130-ft Airplane-Sized Asteroid Set To Fly Past Earth Tomorrow: Know Its Impact - MSN
An asteroid roughly the size of an airplane, measuring around 130 feet, is set to make its closest approach to Earth today. The asteroid, named 2024 RJ1, will pass by at a distance of ...
These two planes will be flying unusually low over L.A. Here’s why NASA says not to worry
The NASA flight will get up close and personal with Southern California this weekend. NASA says the planes are being used to conduct several scientific studies.
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NASA's Orion capsule returns to Earth, capping Artemis I flight around moon - Reuters
Dec 11 (Reuters) - NASA's Orion capsule barreled through Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on Sunday after making an uncrewed voyage around the moon, winding up the ...
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Four Plane-Sized Asteroids Approaching Earth This Weekend
Several enormous asteroids are set to soar past the Earth between Friday and Sunday, each as large as an airplane. According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), one of these four asteroids ...
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Why will NASA's Artemis 2 only fly around the moon, not orbit or land? - Space.com
SpaceX's Starship reusable rocket, which NASA has selected to be the Artemis program's first crewed lunar lander, has yet to make an orbital test flight around Earth. NASA and its associated ...
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Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century - Orlando Sentinel
The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Ov… ...
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NASA introduces 4 astronauts who will fly to the moon on Artemis II mission
NASA announces crew for Artemis II lunar orbit mission 04:29. Wiseman, Koch and Glover are all veterans of long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station while Hansen will be making ...
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5 asteroids passing by Earth this week, 3 the size of planes, NASA says
The two other airplane-sized asteroids are expected to fly past Earth on Sept. 10, according to NASA. Asteroid QF6 is passing within 1.65 million miles of the planet and is 68 feet in size and QE8 ...
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Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century - Baltimore Sun
By COLLEEN LONG (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White H… ...
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Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century - Washington Times
The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Oval ...