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April 29, 2020

Scientists optimistic planetary probes won’t face coronavirus launch delays

Artist’s concept of the Lucy spacecraft flying by Trojan asteroids.… Read More

April 15, 2020

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft carries out first of two rehearsals before sampling asteroid

This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of… 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

November 29, 2019

Earth observation, deep space exploration big winners in new ESA budget

Frédérique Vidal, the French government’s representative… 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

October 2, 2019

NASA to proceed with asteroid surveillance mission

Artist’s concept of the Near-Earth Object Camera, or NEOCam,… 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

August 5, 2019

NASA’s first interplanetary smallsats may struggle to stay under cost caps

Artist’s concept of the Janus mission imaging a binary asteroid.… Read More

July 11, 2019

Japanese spacecraft snags second sample from asteroid

A camera on-board Hayabusa 2 shows the spacecraft’s sampler… Read More

July 3, 2019

Hayabusa 2 cleared for second touchdown on asteroid

Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft touching down… Read More

June 6, 2019

Japanese probe readies for another possible touch-and-go on asteroid

A camera on-board Hayabusa 2 captured this image of the target marker… Read More

April 29, 2019

Hayabusa 2 locates artificial crater on asteroid

[CRA2] Crater formation where the Small Carry-on Impactor collided

April 4, 2019

Watch live: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe prepares to ‘bomb’ an asteroid

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will drop an explosive charge… Read More

March 19, 2019

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft finds particles flying off asteroid Bennu

The navigation camera on NASA’s robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft… Read More

March 6, 2019

Hayabusa 2’s asteroid touch-and-go comes to life in dramatic new video

A camera riding on Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft recorded … Read More

February 22, 2019

Japanese probe lands on asteroid to capture sample

Moments after landing on asteroid Ryugu, Japan’s Hayabusa… Read More

February 15, 2019

SpaceX files protest of NASA’s Lucy launch contract awarded to ULA

File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket inside the company’s… Read More

February 1, 2019

ULA wins contract to launch NASA’s Lucy mission to visit unexplored asteroids

File photo of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5-401 rocket lifting… Read More