Demonstrating a new era of software-driven asteroid discovery and tracking San Francisco, August 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, announced today the release of a publicly available Precovery service that can both confirm and refine the orbits of asteroids by rapidly...
Launched to honor Apollo 9 astronaut Russell “Rusty” Schweickart, it recognizes students, and early career individuals working towards planetary defense solutions San Francisco, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, on June 30th, International Asteroid Day, B612 Foundation announced the Schweickart Prize, named in honor of renowned...
Asteroid Institute Uses Revolutionary Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform to Discover and Track Asteroids Demonstrating a new era of software-driven asteroid discovery San Francisco, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, today announced it is using a groundbreaking computational technique running on its...
Asteroid Institute Uses Revolutionary Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform to Discover and Track Asteroids FACT SHEET Technical Information What is the “title” announcement about in a nutshell? How does the astronomical community track asteroid discoveries? Are any of the asteroids discovered by the Asteroid Institute a danger of hitting the Earth? What is the...
B612 Foundation Announces $2.3 Million in Leadership Gifts Donors investing in advancing Astrodynamics Platform to Discover Asteroids San Francisco, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The B612 Foundation announced today a new $1 million matching challenge grant from Tito’s Handmade Vodka and separate $1.3 million in gifts to...
B612 Foundation Announces New Board Chair Futurist Peter Schwartz San Francisco, February 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — B612 Foundation, the well-respected non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts, has announced the election of Peter Schwartz as Chair of its Board of Directors. Peter Schwartz succeeds venture...
B612 Founder Rusty Schweickart recently spoke to Space.com about asteroids and Apollo 9. You can read the full interview here. "In order to protect the Earth, you've got to know where the asteroids are and where they're headed, and we realized at one point several years...
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin as the Asteroid Institute’s first Senior Research Fellows. The fellows will study the application of new technologies for the discovery, tracking and potential deflection of asteroids under the direction of Dr....
ASTEROID INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin named first Senior Research Fellows SILICON VALLEY, CA/SEATTLE WASH. (May 17,2018) -- The Asteroid Institute has announced new appointments in the field of planetary defense and asteroids. Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin have been selected...
We are pleased to continue to build out our partnerships including this new work with MSU and York Space Systems on ADAM and other projects. The Asteroid Institute will work with York’s innovative program with Metropolitan State University (MSU) of Denver, by engaging university students to...