March 29, 2011
About 100 tons of meteoroids bombard the Earth’s atmosphere every day. For spacecraft in Earth orbit, a collision with these particles could cause serious damage or catastrophic failure, and a hit on an astronaut or cosmonaut conducting extra-vehicular activities in space would be life-threatening, if not fatal. But before anyone steps outside the space shuttle [...]
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September 3, 2010
What is a meteorite is a question that has been on the minds of people for hundreds of years. A meteorite is a natural object originating outside of the Earth’s atmosphere that survives impact with the Earth’s surface. They can be any size from micrometers to several km. Most meteorites come from meteoroids, but can [...]
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