Asteroid Science: How 'Armageddon' Got It Wrong
WEBSep 16, 2014 · WAIMEA, Hawaii — In the 1998 movie "Armageddon," an asteroid the size of Texas threatens to collide with Earth in 18 days. To save the planet from destruction, a ragtag team of deep-sea oil...
Armageddon (1998 film) - Wikipedia
WEBArmageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
Yes, NASA Is Launching 'Armageddon' Mission to Destroy an Asteroid
Claim: In November 2021, NASA will be launching a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid\u2019s moon to test the agency\u2019s "planetary defense."
· Fact checked by snopes.comArmageddon (1998) - IMDb
WEBArmageddon: Directed by Michael Bay. With Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler. After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Armageddon (1998) - Plot - IMDb
WEBNASA discovers that a Texas-sized asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, threatening global extinction in 18 days. To prevent this disaster, NASA recruits Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), the world's best deep-sea oil driller, and his team to plant a nuclear bomb deep within the asteroid.
The Asteroid Hunters: 10 Years Preparing for “Armageddon”
WEBMar 4, 2024 · It’s a scenario made famous by the 1998 film ‘Armageddon’: an asteroid is spotted on a collision course with Earth, and experts scramble to plan a space mission to rendezvous with the asteroid and mitigate the danger. It’s classic science fiction, but did you know there is a very real group responsible for recommending such a response ...
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Armageddon Mission to Deflect an Asteroid
WEBNov 22, 2021 · Here’s what you need to know about this historic deep-space test and how “kinetic impactors” could eventually protect our civilization from an asteroid apocalypse.
ESA - 10 years preparing for 'Armageddon' - European Space …
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · 10 years preparing for 'Armageddon'. It’s a scenario made famous by the 1998 film ‘Armageddon’: an asteroid is spotted on a collision course with Earth, and experts scramble to plan a space mission to rendezvous …
NASA's 'Armageddon'-style asteroid deflection mission takes …
WEBOct 4, 2021 · NASA has a launch date for that most Hollywood of missions, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which is basically a dry run of the movie “Armageddon.” Unlike the film, this will not involve...
Armageddon-style mission to stop asteroid Bennu collision with …
WEBSep 14, 2023 · NASA is edging closer to the conclusion of its ambitious seven-year mission, aiming to prevent a catastrophic collision of a massive asteroid named Bennu with Earth. Recent findings have indicated that there’s a 1 in 2700 chance of Bennu slamming into Earth on September 24, 2182.