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Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids - 'for God's sake, fund it'
Russell "Rusty" Schweickart, a retired astronaut who flew on the Apollo 9 and Skylab missions, says there is a solution on the wings for this problem: NASA can launch the Near-Earth Object Camera ...
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Asteroids approaching: One as big as Mount Everest, one closer than the moon
Its co-founders include Queen guitarist Brian May, Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, and filmmaker Grigorij Richters. This year, in honor of Asteroid Day, the Asteroid Foundation will host a ...
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8 of the surviving Apollo astronauts got together for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and Buzz Aldrin's outfit stole the show
The group was: Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (Apollo 11), Fred Haise (Apollo 13), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), and ...