The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...

Since 2017, three interstellar objects have been spotted passing through our solar system: 1I/ʻOumuamua, 2I/Borisov… and just ...

The University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has been given a side job during its seven-year cruise to study and sample an asteroid named Bennu. The NASA spacecraft’s cameras will be looking ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

The departures are playing out as NASA and other government agencies contend with significant cuts to funding and personnel.

OSIRIS-REx is a New Frontiers mission, an opportunity NASA provides to universities and institutes to compete for a contract to explore the solar system, led by an individual principal investigator.

To nail the presentation, NASA brought von Braun, its most celebrated engineer, to do the talking. After all, they were ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Nearly 1,000 employees have accepted resignation offers, according to NASA late Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. space agency.

That’s even harder than it sounds. The OSIRIS-REX spacecraft, the first American mission to return a sample from an asteroid, arrived at its target Monday.