"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has proposed a new, relatively cheaper plan that could save NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...

An asteroid believed to be up to 700metres wide will pass relatively close to Earth within days, and is being tracked by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Asteroid 2005 VO5 will pass Earth at ...

KinetX Aerospace, Inc., the first private company to provide interplanetary navigation for NASA, has been honored with three ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

In this digital rendering, OSIRIS-REx extends its sampling arm as it moves in to make contact with the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Goddard Dante Lauretta grew up hiking and camping in the Arizona desert ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...