Will comet 2013 A1 smash into the Martian surface in October 2014?

Comet 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is set for a close encounter with the Red Planet in late 2014.

NASA Orion update: “The goal is Mars, and the moons of Mars, while the stated goals in between are asteroids.”

We chat about NASA’s next great spacecraft, Orion, with the assistant manager for strategy integration on the programme, Paul Marshall.