On a Mission | Season 2: Asteroids! .
Season 2, Episode 1: The Sky is Falling
Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us? .
What happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth? .
If a big asteroid is heading our way, how does NASA prepare for the oncoming disaster? .
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth. .
Why are missions like OSIRIS-REx bringing pieces of an asteroid back home? .
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system. .
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting. .
Every year, intrepid Antarctica explorers hunt for space rocks that have fallen to Earth. .
Finding black rocks in the darkness of space isn’t easy, but new methods could help spot them all. .
Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker’s love for exploration changed our understanding of the cosmos. .
