The Advanced Scientific Concepts (ASC) 3D Flash LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) range cameras have been selected for the OSIRIS-REx planetary science mission that will return a sample of the carbonaceous asteroid 1999 RQ36. The mission – launching in 2016 – is aiming to return the asteroid sample to Earth in 2023.
NASA’s vision of returning to the moon is getting clearer. With small, robotic missions en…
The Japanese asteroid sampling mission Hayabusa2 – launched on December 3, 2014 aboard an H-IIA…
SpaceX’s CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft has concluded the EOM (End Of Mission) phase of her mission…
An international planetary defense mission involving NASA and ESA will now include two CubeSats. APEX (Asteroid Prospection…
SpaceX’s CRS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station has been grappled by Canadarm2 –…
SpaceX conducted its second launch in barely 48 hours on Wednesday, with their Falcon 9…
On December 3, 2018, after a journey that started on September 8, 2016, with a…
Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket has deployed the European Space Agency’s Aeolus climate science satellite Wednesday…
The RemoveDEBRIS satellite was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, marking the business…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its fifteenth mission to the International Space Station Monday with a…
As SpaceX nears completion of its investigation into the AMOS-6 pad conflagration on 1 September…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has began a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Bennu on Thursday,…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has completed assembly operations at its Lockheed Martin construction site in Denver,…
While the internet community continues its fascination with the Falcon 9 First Stage landing attempt…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its sixteenth launch Sunday, carrying a pair of commercial communications…
SpaceX’s CRS-5 Dragon spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) ahead of a return to…
Canada’s multi-tasking robot, Dextre, successfully removed the CATS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System) payload from the unpressurised trunk…
SpaceX’s CRS-5/SpX-5 Dragon has been captured and berthed by the International Space Station (ISS) on…
SpaceX successfully conducted a second attempt to launch its Falcon 9 rocket, tasked with sending…