Taking place in Frascati, Italy was the recent inauguration of ESAs NEO Coordination Centre at ESRIN, the centre for Earth observation. NEOShield had the chance to follow up with Detlef Koschny on the importance of the new information centre.

NEOShield geared up to attend their second SpaceUp unconference, taking place at the ESA headquarters in Paris, France on May 25th & 26th.

NEOShield is excited to attend SpaceUp Paris this upcoming weekend, on May 25th & 26th, taking place at the ESA Headquarters in France. SpaceUp is the first unconference focused on space exploration and this event will mark the first ever SpaceUp conference in France.

ESA experts, as well as leading industrial and scientific partners from across Europe, will meet at ESRIN, near Rome, to inaugurate the Near Earth Object Coordination Centre.

Stardust is  an EU-wide program which will provide Europe with a first generation of decision makers, engineers and scientists that have the knowledge and capabilities to address the asteroid and space debris issue now and in the future.

The NEOShield Project was honoured to be chosen to present its mission objectives in the ‘Research today to innovate tomorrow’ division for the European Union (EU) Open Doors 2013 held in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday, May 4th.

On Saturday, May 4^th 2013, NEOShield will present their 'Plan to Protect the Planet' at the European Union (EU) Open Doors Event held in Brussels, Belgium.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) held the 2013 Planetary Defence Conference between 15-19 April 2013 at the High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

While attending the IAA 2013 Planetary Defense Conference, NEOShield will be hosting a panel of Near Earth Objects (NEO) experts to discuss an international response to the NEO threat on Tuesday 16 April from 18:00. The event is open to the media and the general public, as well as conference participants.

On Friday 15 February 2013, a large meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural mountains, exploding over the region of Chelyabinsk.

An asteroid named 2012 DA14 will have a near miss with Earth on 15 February 2013 at 19:25 UTC. When it passes our planet, the asteroid will only be 28,000km above the Earth’s surface.

Competition time: It's a NEOShield Noël and we've got 24 questions and 24 NEOShield pins in our asteroid advent calendar. We're giving away a NEOShield pin everyday until December 24th 2012.

On 27 October 2012, NEOShield participated in SpaceUp Stuttgart, Germany's first space 'unconference'.

On Wednesday 10th October 2012, as part of World Space Week, we hosted 'NEOShield Knows; our first ever live Q&A session on Twitter. This gave our followers the opportunity to discuss the NEOShield project, Near Earth Objects and other related topics.

Asteroid 2012 TC4 to make a close approach with our planet on Friday 12th October, 05:30 UTC

As part of World Space Week, NEOShield experts will be hosting a live Q&A session on Wednesday 10 October.

NEOShield to present at the International Astronautical Congress 2012 (1st - 5th October).

A potentially hazardous asteroid will make its closest approach with the Earth on Friday 14th September, 05:12 UTC.

The B612 Foundation announced today the first privately funded deep space mission.

The mission, Sentinel, is an asteroid finding spacecraft that will be launched into a venus-like orbit, from where it is able to map the region near Earth.

The spacecraft will be equipped with a 0.5m diameter Infrared telescope, and will scan the night half of the sky every 26 days.

NEOShield now has a website!
Welcome to www.NEOShield.net, the new home of the NEOShield project in the World Wide Web. 

A very large asteroid, 308242 (2005 GO21), is making its closest approach to the Earth today.

NEOShield is now also on Facebook!

If you'd like to follow NEOShield and keep up to date or start a discussion on all the latest NEOShield, NEO, asteroid and planetary defence news, head over to www.facebook.com/NEOShield

BBC News: "NEOShield is a new international project that will assess the threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEO) and look at the best possible solutions for dealing with a big asteroid or comet on a collision path with our planet. ..."

SPACE.com: "They can be mean and nasty, and they can mess up our planet big time. ..."