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NASA will reach an asteroid today that may contain raw materials for life on Earth. Watch the rendezvous live.
According to NASA, Bennu (the asteroid formerly known as "1999 RQ36") is one such dirty asteroid in…
Dave Mosher
NASA is about to announce the finalists of its next $1 billion space mission
Previous missions selected by New Frontiers include New Horizons, a nuclear-powered probe that flew…
Dave Mosher
This space probe is almost ready to sample an asteroid - and resolve a mystery of life's origins
This is closer than most asteroids, but the spacecraft likely won't reach Bennu until 2019. After i…
Kelly Dickerson
Here's why NASA is risking nearly $1 billion to suck up 2.1 ounces of dirty asteroid
If all goes according to plan, the 1.7-ton OSIRIS-REx probe - short for Origins, Spectral Interpret…
Dave Mosher
NASA's next big $1 billion mission has a special delivery for Earth
NASA is about to embark on an epic journey to an asteroid called "Bennu," searching for answers to …
Corey Protin,Jessica Orwig
Tonight, NASA is launching a mission that could solve the mystery of life with just a few scoops of dirt
But the road trip doesn't end there. When OSIRIS-Rex finally reaches Bennu in September 2019, it wi…
Ali Sundermier
Planned crewed launch of Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft called off
NASA announced on social media platform X that the problem was identified with an oxygen valve on p…
ANI
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine says it's in the 'best interest of NASA' for him to resign rather than work for the Biden administration
Bridenstine said NASA's next administrator should be someone with a closer relationship to Biden an…
Susie Neilson
NASA's groundbreaking Cassini probe is dead after 20 years of exploring Saturn
But with so many questions about Saturn still unanswered, NASA decided to keep Cassini in orbit the…