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February 20, 2020

Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch

Artist’s concept of the Japanese MMX spacecraft near Mars… Read More

February 14, 2020

Mars 2020 rover arrives at Kennedy Space Center for July launch

The shipping container with the Mars 2020 rover was unloaded from… Read More

February 13, 2020

NASA to assess proposals for probes to Venus, moons of Jupiter and Neptune

Artist’s concept of the solar system. Credit: NASA

NASA announced… Read More

February 13, 2020

Discoveries at solar system’s distant frontier shed light on how planets form

The uniform color and composition of Arrokoth’s surface shows… Read More

February 1, 2020

Decades in the making, Solar Orbiter finally meets launcher at Cape Canaveral

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, cocooned inside the Atlas 5 rocket’s… Read More

January 26, 2020

Solar Orbiter launch delayed to Feb. 7

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket — seen without the Solar… Read More

January 24, 2020

ULA team completes countdown practice run before Solar Orbiter launch

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is pictured during a countdown… Read More

January 22, 2020

Atlas 5 for Solar Orbiter launch returns to assembly building for inspections

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the Solar Orbiter mission… Read More

January 22, 2020

NASA invites public to vote on name for Mars 2020 rover

The Mars 2020 rover is seen during a drive test in December at NASA’s… Read More

January 14, 2020

ESA’s Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s moon Titan 15 years ago

This mosaic of three frames taken by Huygens during its descent to… Read More

January 6, 2020

Stacking of ULA’s next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape Canaveral

United Launch Alliance teams began stacking an Atlas 5 rocket inside… Read More

January 6, 2020

China publishes Chang’e 4 data one year after first landing on far side of the moon

The Yutu 2 rover is pictured on the far side of the moon soon after landing… Read More

January 6, 2020

China publishes Chang’e 4 data one year after first landing on far side of the moon

The Yutu 2 rover is pictured on the far side of the moon soon after landing… Read More

January 2, 2020

NASA’s next Mars rover will soon ship to Cape Canaveral launch site

The Mars 2020 rover inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility high… Read More

December 12, 2019

NASA selects site for OSIRIS-REx to collect asteroid samples

This image shows sample site Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary… Read More

December 2, 2019

Amateur sleuth helps locate crash site of India’s Vikram moon lander

This before and after image ratio highlights changes to the surface;… Read More

November 19, 2019

Chinese Mars rover completes landing trial ahead of 2020 launch

A test model of China’s first Mars rover, set for launch in mid-2020,… Read More

November 13, 2019

Japanese sample return craft departs asteroid, heads for Earth

The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft’s navigation camera captured this… Read More