QE2 Asteroid Makes Near-Earth Flyby This Week

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RedOrbit - Brett Smith - May 30, 2013

[ Update: May 30, 2013 - How To Watch ]

NASA has announced that members of the public can participate in both online and televised events on May 30 and 31 surrounding the space agency’s asteroid program and the impending near-Earth flyby of the 1.7-mile-long asteroid known as 1998 QE2.

On May 30, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will show live telescope images of the approaching asteroid and host a discussion with experts from JPL and the asteroid trackers at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex on NASA Television at 1:30 pm EST.

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