The world's first Asteroid Day will be held on 30 June in a bid to raise awareness about future impact events and the threat they pose to the planet. Asteroid Day was announced in December 2014, when a global coalition of scientists, astronauts, physicists and celebrities...
B612 Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to planetary defense from asteroids. Founded in 2002, in our first decade, we worked to find technical solutions for asteroid deflection, assuming the necessary first step of discovering and tracking threatening asteroids would be managed by the...
At the Planetary Defense Conference of 2015, Newsweek investigated whether impacts from dangerous asteroids can be stopped and who was going to pay. One of the Americans who has played a central role in the development of planetary defense is B612 co-founder Rusty Schweickart. Read the Article: "We...
Humankind lives in a cosmic shooting gallery. For evidence of that, we need look no further than the events of 15 February 2013. On that day, a medium-size asteroid was set to pass some 28,000 kilometers from Earth, unusually close and well within the orbits...
After the devastation wreaked by the Chelyabinsk asteroid airburst on 15th February 2013, two questions were on everybody’s lips. One, “why didn’t we see it coming?” And two, “How can we prevent similar events in the future?” Read the Article: "How to prevent another Chelyabinsk" Astronomy Now (April 29,...
Each month we introduce you to a citizen-supporter of the Sentinel Mission. This month, it’s our pleasure to introduce you to Bob Trembley. Bob Trembley's Bio: I have been an amateur astronomer my entire life. I graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1983 with a BSEE, and...
Dr. Hubbard's Bio: Scott is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University where he focuses on planetary exploration, especially Mars and also serves as the Director of the Stanford Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation. He has been engaged in space-related research, program,...
Dr. Marc Buie's Biography: Marc has worked with world-class telescopes around the globe, from portable telescopes in remote locations to space-based telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He has studied smaller bodies in the solar system, from asteroids to...
Harold Reitsema's Bio: Harold is a planetary astronomer with more than 30 years experience specializing in the design and building of interplanetary spacecraft and astronomical imaging detectors. During his tenure at Ball Aerospace, he led design teams for Hubble Space Telescope, was the principal investigator for...
Biography of John Troelzsch, Sentinel Program Manager: As the Sentinel Program Manager, John leads the team of experts at Ball Aerospace that will create and operate the Sentinel Mission. His program management, systems engineering and software experience spans all phases of space missions from the development...