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...
SAN FRANCISCO — Humanity can dramatically reduce its frightening vulnerability to cataclysmic asteroid strikes with just a little extra funding and a little extra effort. That's the main message of "Asteroid Day," an educational campaign that launched today (Dec. 3) at a joint news conference held...
Asteroids could wipe out humanity unless more effort is made to track and destroy them, a leading body of scientists and astronauts has warned. Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, Brian Cox, and Richard Dawkins are among more than 100 experts calling for the creation of...
The NASA inspector general (IG) recently excoriated the agency’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program, finding that the effort to locate potentially Earth-threatening asteroids and comets was poorly resourced and far behind its mandated detection goals. In 2005 Congress tasked NASA with locating 90 percent of NEOs...
It's only a matter of time before a big comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Will scientists discover it, and be able to do something about it, ahead of time? Ed Lu is interviewed by PBS' News Hour....
The goal of the B612 Foundation is to protect the Earth from Asteroid impacts. We remain strongly committed to achieving this goal. Asteroids like the one that struck in Tunguska in 1908 (45 meters) are large enough to cause enormous damage and loss of life. We have...