Watch Live NASA Video of Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA14 Tonight

Watch Live NASA Video of Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA14 TonightAccording to the agency, NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Feb. 15 (see second video below), during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14. Additionally, internet viewers all around the world will have the opportunity to watch a live video feed of the flyby from a telescope at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The live video of the asteroid flyby of Earth will be streamed for three hours starting at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST). For our readers, we have embedded the internet video below on this page so tell your friends online and come back here at 9PM eastern tonight to watch the event live.

Watch this window tonight at 9PM Eastern for the Live Video feed of the Asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby from a telescope at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center


Live broadcast by Ustream

According to a press release, NASA places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home planet from them. The agency is excited about the flyby today as it will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.

In the video feed below from NASA TV, the agency will broadcast a 30 minute event from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California which, will incorporate real-time animation to show the location of the asteroid in relation to Earth, along with live or near real-time views of the asteroid from observatories in Australia, weather permitting. This broadcast will begin at 2PM Eastern today February 15th.


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At the time of its closest approach to Earth at approximately 2:25 p.m. EST (11:25 a.m. PST/ 19:25 UTC), the asteroid will be about 17,150 miles (27,600 kilometers) above Earth’s surface.

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