Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth.
Posted February 22, 2025
Asteroids
Earth's Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Science
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science.
Posted January 22, 2025
NASA+
Asteroids
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
Social Media
NASA is bringing the high-stakes world of planetary defense to the Sundance Film Festival, highlighting its upcoming documentary, “Planetary Defenders,” during a panel ahead of its spring 2025 premiere on the agency’s streaming service.
Posted January 17, 2025
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Science Mission Directorate
ow would humanity respond if we discovered an asteroid headed for Earth? NASA’s Planetary Defenders is a gripping documentary that follows the dedicated scientists involved in the high-stakes world of asteroid detection and planetary defense.
Posted December 3, 2024
NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)
Comets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
The mirrors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other spacecraft components is accelerating. NASA’s new asteroid-hunting spacecraft is taking shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Posted August 28, 2024
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
NASA’s DART (Double​ Asteroid Redirection Test) mission continues to yield scientific discoveries and garner accolades for its groundbreaking achievements.
Posted August 21, 2024
NEOWISE
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Headquarters
NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)
Engineers on NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission commanded the spacecraft to turn its transmitter off for the last time Thursday. This concludes more than 10 years of its planetary defense mission to search for asteroids and comets, including those that could pose a threat to Earth.
Posted August 9, 2024
Asteroids
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)
Missions
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally collide with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, the mission’s science team has discovered new information on the origins of the target binary asteroid system and why the DART spacecraft was so effective in shifting D
Posted July 30, 2024
Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)
Asteroids
Deep Space Network
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
Space Communications & Navigation Program
The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the […]
Posted July 3, 2024
Asteroids
NEA Scout (Near Earth Asteroid Scout)
NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
The fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise focused on an asteroid impact scenario designed by NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future.
Posted July 2, 2024
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