UA wins NASA asteroid project worth hundreds of millions
The University of Arizona has won a NASA contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to send an unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid that is potentially hazardous to Earth and bring back a sample. The mission also will involve Arizona State University. UA will oversee the mission, called OSIRIS-REx, and ASU will build a critical instrument, similar to ones already in use on Mars, to analyse the asteroid's composition. Read more
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 25, to discuss the selection of a future science mission that will usher in a new era in planetary exploration. Jim Green, director for NASA's Planetary Science Division Mission in Washington, and other officials will take reporters' questions during the teleconference. Read more