Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries

With the countdown underway for a highly anticipated rocket launch, crowds are already gathering along Florida’s Space Coast, hoping to secure the best possible view.

Aspect Aerospace, a University of South Alabama spin-off, has raised $2.4 million to develop circuit-board-sized spacecraft that could be deployed from space into very low Earth orbit in swarms to monitor the space environment.

Four astronauts are set to lift off Wednesday on a journey around the moon — the first such mission in more than 50 years.