November 13, 2019 Japanese sample return craft departs asteroid, heads for Earth The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft’s navigation camera captured this… Read More
November 2, 2019 Solar Orbiter arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preps The Solar Orbiter spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Center’s… Read More
October 30, 2019 NASA’s VIPER rover in development for scouting mission to moon’s south pole NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover,… Read More
October 29, 2019 Ground teams studying setback with InSight’s subsurface heat probe Mars continues to surprise us. While digging this weekend the mole… Read More
October 22, 2019 British-built solar probe shipping to Florida launch site before Brexit deadline The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is ready for shipment from a test center… Read More
October 7, 2019 NASA opens competition to build human-rated lunar landers Artist’s illustration of a multi-stage human-rated lunar… Read More
September 26, 2019 NASA to fly CubeSat pathfinder for Gateway in unique lunar orbit A highly elliptical near rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon takes… Read More
September 24, 2019 LRO’s view of Chandrayaan 2 landing site obscured by shadows NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured this view of the moon in… Read More
September 20, 2019 Launch of South Korean lunar orbiter delayed to 2022 The moon as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA… Read More
September 19, 2019 NASA still looking for new human spaceflight chief Ken Bowersox, acting head of NASA’s human exploration and… Read More
September 18, 2019 NASA’s Juno spacecraft sees moon’s otherworldly shadow on Jupiter The shadow of Jupiter’s moon Io is cast on the cloud tops of the… Read More
September 17, 2019 Hayabusa 2 completes practice run for deployment of last asteroid lander One of two target markers released by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft… Read More
September 16, 2019 NASA, ESA officials seek formal approvals for Mars sample return mission Artist’s concept of a Mars sample return mission, including… Read More
September 12, 2019 NASA lunar orbiter to image Chandrayaan 2 landing site next week This mosaic of the near side of the moon was created using data from… Read More
September 6, 2019 India’s first attempt to land on the moon appears to end in failure A member of the Chandrayaan 2 team reacts after contact with the Vikram… Read More
September 6, 2019 Live coverage: Indian spacecraft set to attempt moon landing Live coverage of the final descent and touchdown of India’s… Read More
September 5, 2019 Indian moon lander ready for final descent Artist’s concept of the Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander. Credit:… Read More
September 4, 2019 Mini-helicopter installed on NASA’s next Mars-bound rover Members of the NASA Mars Helicopter team attach a thermal film to the… Read More
August 28, 2019 ExoMars rover leaves British factory, heads for testing in France The completed ExoMars rover, named “Rosalind Franklin,”… Read More
August 20, 2019 Astrobotic lunar lander to launch on ULA’s first Vulcan rocket Artist’s concept of a Vulcan Centaur rocket with two solid… Read More
August 20, 2019 Chandrayaan 2 arrives in lunar orbit, targets moon landing next month Artist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft, including… Read More
August 16, 2019 NASA directs Alabama space center to manage lunar lander program STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator… Read More
