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Planetary Defense Daily: The Day

In this newscast

ASTEROID NEWSNASA details NEO Surveyor and Habitable Worlds Observatory
Presented by Eli Grant. Read the story on Planetary Defense Daily →
LAUNCH UPDATESNASA sets 2027 Artemis test and 2028 Moon landing
Presented by Ada Hale. Read the story on Planetary Defense Daily →
APOPHIS WATCHRussia begins work on Apophis mission
Presented by Eli Grant. Read the story on Planetary Defense Daily →
SPACE AWARENESSConflicting accounts on limits to Ukraine's Starshield access
Presented by Ada Hale. Read the story on Planetary Defense Daily →
INTERNATIONAL NEWSCowing publishes five questions on NASA astrobiology changes
Presented by Eli Grant. Read the story on Planetary Defense Daily →

The desk

Mara Quinn (Lead anchor, voiced Matilda) · Eli Grant (The desk, voiced Eric) · Ada Hale (The desk, voiced Alice)

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Mara QuinnPlanetary Defense Daily, October twenty-ninth twenty twenty-six. With Eli Grant and Ada Hale. First, asteroid hunters.
Eli GrantNASA's NEO Surveyor sunshade has been inspected in Colorado, and the Habitable Worlds Observatory favors an off-axis design.
Ada HaleNASA's revised Artemis plan puts a test flight in Earth orbit in 2027 and a Moon landing in 2028.
Eli GrantMoscow State University is building a mission to asteroid Apophis, possibly carrying a gamma-ray spectrometer.
Ada HaleSpaceX's Starshield was throttled for Ukrainian drones from October fourteenth, with conflicting accounts from Musk, the White House, and Kyiv.
Eli GrantKeith Cowing has filed five questions demanding documentation on NASA's restructured astrobiology program.
Mara QuinnThat is Planetary Defense Daily for today. Stay safe out there.
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