Marc Buie

Strategic Advisor Dr. Brian May Publishes 3-D Book on the Moon Race

B612 Asteroid Institute Strategic Advisor Dr. Brian May has co-authored a 3-D book on the moon race set to be released in November. Brian is not only an astrophysicist and guitarist for the rock band Queen, but he also co-founded Asteroid Day in 2014, alongside...

Pathways to Flying the Sentinel Mission—SODA, anyone?

By Dr. Marc Buie, Sentinel Mission Scientist It may not be completely obvious but flying a successful space mission takes a lot of work. Space is a hostile and difficult to access region. A spacecraft must be carefully designed to do the work desired and then...

Meet the Team: Dr. Marc Buie

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...

Indie band Broken Bells helps defend Earth against asteroids

American indie rock band Broken Bells will donate $1 from every ticket sold for their upcoming tour to help protect its fans from asteroids. The band is looking to accomplish this by working together with the B612 Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to that exact...

Privatizing Space Exploration

  B-roll footage with selected quotes from Program Architect Dr. Scott Hubbard and Mission Scientist Dr. Marc Buie....