Asteroid Institute

Cosmic Roulette: Ed Lu on 60 Minutes

A note from Ed: I wanted to give a big thank you to 60 Minutes for highlighting the need to find and track asteroids. Everyone here at the B612 Foundation is grateful to have had this national attention, and the opportunity to explain our work to millions of people around...

06 October, 2013
How the Telescope Works

    B-roll footage with selected quotes from Sentinel Program Manager John Troeltzsch, CEO Dr. Ed Lu, and Mission Director Dr. Howard Reitsema....

05 September, 2013
Sentinel’s Goals

    B-roll footage with selected quotes from B612 Chair Emeritus and Co-founder Rusty Schweickart, CEO Dr. Ed Lu, and Program Manager Dr. Howard Reitsema.  ...

05 September, 2013
B612 Sentinel Space Telescope

  B-roll simulation of the Sentinel Space Telescope as it orbits around the sun, including conceptual orbits of inner solar system asteroids....

05 September, 2013
Detecting asteroids, meteors takes on new urgency

Earth may have survived its close encounters with an asteroid and a meteor Friday, but the episodes focused new attention on gaps in astronomers' ability to identify smaller space rocks like these capable of inflicting widespread destruction. Efforts to better identify those threats are underway, including...

20 February, 2013
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