NASA Pressing Ahead With Planetary Defense Plans

Credit: Artist's concept of Asteroid Redirect Mission: NASA
HOUSTON—The past four months have been a challenge for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO). The office was formally established just more than a year ago to oversee the identification and characterization of near-Earth asteroids and comets that pose an impact threat as well as take a...

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