NASA spacecraft makes historic attempt to snag samples of asteroid Bennu By Mike Wall For the first time ever, a NASA probe has performed a sample-snagging operation on an asteroid in deep space.
REPLAY: NASA's OSIRIS-REx attempts to sample asteroid Bennu By Space.com Staff NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe is about to sample asteroid Bennu and you can watch it all live online starting today (Oct. 19). Here's how.
SpaceX fires up 3-engine Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight By Mike Wall An 11-mile-high test flight could be coming soon.
See how NASA's OSIRIS-REx will sample asteroid Bennu in this 360-degree video By Meghan Bartels Today, NASA will attempt to grab tiny pieces of an asteroid called Bennu — and to mark the occasion, the agency has created a 360-degree video that will take you along for the ride.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx will play 'tag' with asteroid Bennu to collect samples today. But will it succeed? By Elizabeth Howell We won't know if NASA's OSIRIS-REX spacecraft succeeded at its asteroid-sampling maneuver until 10 days after the attempt.
On This Day in Space: Oct. 20, 1970: Soviet Union launches the last 'Zond' Moon mission By Hanneke Weitering On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
Astronaut Kate Rubins drew from photo to design new space station patch By Robert Z. Pearlman An astronaut's photograph of the Earth is set to represent her and her crewmates' new mission, almost four years to the day after the image was first shared with the public.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch reflects on 1-year anniversary of first all-woman spacewalk By Chelsea Gohd NASA astronaut Christina Koch reflected on her participation in the first all-woman spacewalk ahead of its one-year anniversary on Sunday (Oct. 18).
NASA's about to scoop up some asteroid dirt on the space rock Bennu. Scientists are thrilled. By Meghan Bartels NASA will touch a space rock tomorrow in a milestone event for what the agency considers a crucial field of study: asteroid science.
'Nose art' from two Mercury astronauts' capsules resurface at auction By Robert Z. Pearlman Once believed to be lost to history, two spacecraft shingles bearing the "nose art" from a pair of early NASA capsules have sold for almost half a million dollars.
NASA is about to play 'tag' with asteroid Bennu: Here's how it works. By Samantha Mathewson NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will "TAG" asteroid Bennu Tuesday (Oct. 20) and collect a sample for return to Earth.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe will snag a piece of an asteroid Tuesday! Here's how to watch. By Elizabeth Howell NASA will broadcast an epic "touch and go" on Tuesday as a spacecraft descends toward asteroid Bennu to pick up a precious sample of dust.
The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out By Meghan Bartels As soon as he saw the data, Paul Chodas knew something was strange about the near-Earth object that had been designated 2020 SO.
China unveils ambitious moon mission plans for 2024 and beyond By Andrew Jones China is operating a mission on the far side of the moon and is preparing to launch another this year to collect lunar samples — and it's already planning a new set of bold lunar missions.
'Lunar ExoCam' project aims to film spacecraft touchdowns on the moon By Mike Wall NASA has just awarded a $650,000 grant to the team behind Lunar ExoCam, a camera system designed to eject from moon landers and record video of their touchdowns from the otherworldly gray ground.
SpaceX just launched 60 new Starlink internet satellites and nailed rocket landing at sea By Amy Thompson SpaceX successfully launched a full stack of Starlink internet satellites into today (Oct. 18) and capped off the mission with a successful rocket landing at sea.
Astronaut requirements changing rapidly with private spaceflyers, long-duration missions By Elizabeth Howell Being an astronaut of the 2020s will be completely different than it was for any astronaut that came before, a panel of spaceflyers told the International Astronautical Congress on Oct. 14.
Watch Venus glide by in this serene video from the BepiColombo spacecraft's flyby By Chelsea Gohd A European-Japanese spacecraft just flew by Venus on its long, winding road to Mercury, snapping some stellar photos along the way.
Space photos: The most amazing images this week! By Doris Elin Urrutia See the best photos on Space.com this week.
Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years By Hanneke Weitering SpaceX is on track to launch its first Mars mission in as little as four years from now, SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 16) at the International Mars Society Convention.
