NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge ...

May 11: SpaceX launches NASA’s TRACERS mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry twin synchronized spacecraft to orbit as ...

The agency said Tuesday it demonstrated the ability of the new hazard detection technology to perform a precise landing. The ...

The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update.

Medetomidine, which is used to sedate pets and is somewhat similar to xylazine, was first detected in illegally manufactured ...

You might owe that gold necklace around your neck to a moody, long-dead star from the universe’s ancient past. According to a ...

McClain, an Army colonel and helicopter pilot, should have taken part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, but there ...

Two NASA astronauts steppes outside the International Space Station on Thursday to take part in U.S. Spacewalk 93, NASA's ...

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists.

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers achieved most of their planned tasks on today's (May 1) 5-hour, 44-minute extravehicular ...