Oct 19 WATCH: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect sample from asteroid Bennu By Elizabeth Cantwell, The Conversation OSIRIS-REx will touch down on asteroid Bennu, collect a sample of the dust and begin its journey back to Earth, where scientists will study it, hoping to learn secrets of the solar system's origin. Continue reading
Oct 18 Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press After almost two years circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles away, a NASA spacecraft this week will attempt to descend to the treacherous, boulder-packed surface and snatch a handful of rubble. Continue reading
Sep 23 Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A newly discovered asteroid is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 04 WATCH: NASA Astronauts Hurley and Behnken discuss historic SpaceX Dragon test flight By Associated Press Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode the SpaceX Dragon capsule back to Earth less than a day after departing the International Space Station and two months after blasting off from Florida. Continue reading
Aug 02 SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 4:41 SpaceX Crew Dragon is heading home, hopes to land Sunday By PBS NewsHour NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are expected to land back on Earth on Sunday afternoon. The historic mission aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor, which has been docked at the International Space Station since May, will mark the first… Continue watching
Aug 02 SpaceX guiding NASA astronauts to 1st splashdown in 45 years By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit headed toward a retro-style splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon to close out a two-month test flight. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: NASA launches Perseverance to look for ancient life on Mars By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral at 7:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 30, kicking off its nearly seven month journey to Mars. Continue reading
Jul 13 U.S., China, U.A.E to send fleet of spacecrafts to Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. The U.S., China and the United Arab Emirates are sending spacecraft to Mars in quick succession beginning this week. Continue reading
Jul 01 NASA delays Mars rover launch again with 2 weeks left to fly By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The good news is that NASA is working to eke out more time in this summer's launch opportunity, now lasting until at least Aug. 15. The chance to fly to Mars comes up only every 26 months, when Earth and… Continue reading