Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful ...

"We are so excited to see what appears to be an abundant sample that will inspire science for decades beyond this historic moment." Japan spacecraft leaves asteroid to head home Blast-off for Nasa ...

Public pronouncements by Chinese officials on future space missions typically come true, but China is embarking on ...

At 6:12 p.m. EDT on October 20, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission completed a daring journey to collect a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles away and return it to Earth. OSIRIS-REx launched on ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...

A recent study has disclosed initial findings from the samples collected during a billion-dollar NASA mission to Bennu, ...

NASA’s first asteroid sample return spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, has since been on a trajectory toward Earth and will later this year deliver a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth. It’s scheduled to ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex space craft successfully scooped ... It will be the agency's first sample collected from an asteroid. To collect its asteroid sample, Osiris-Rex had to fly through a dangerous ...

Jay Buckey flew to space as a NASA astronaut in 1998. Decades later, he watched one of his experiments leave Earth on a SpaceX rocket.

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission successfully scooped up a sample of fine dust and grit from an asteroid called Bennu on Tuesday. It was the first time NASA had ever gathered a sample from an asteroid.

Apophis is projected to pass within 20,000 miles of our planet’s surface on April 13 2029. The menacing asteroid will harmlessly pass by, astronomers say. Apophis measures nearly a quarter of a ...