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The capsule collected a dust sample from a distant asteroid three years ago and scientists are about to get their first chance to look at it

Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esa’s strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee members, an astrophysicist, quizzed me on why we needed to visit one of these…

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to drop 250g of pebbles and dust from asteroid Bennu after seven-year quest.

Planet Earth is about to receive the biggest sample yet from an asteroid

Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.

The 50-minute spectacle will tell the incredible stories of the NASA moon missions

Frank Rubio's first mission broke the record for longest U.S. spaceflight last week. The medical doctor is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and served as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot.

For thousands of years, people have been describing unexplainable gleaming objects in the sky.

As reports continue flying in about what were traditionally called UFOs (unidentified flying objects), Nasa is taking the topic very seriously. In fact, following the publication of a report from an independent committee of experts in fields including astronomy and aviation safety, the agency has even appointed a new director…