A Nasa spacecraft has flown through the bright halo of a distant comet to scoop up less than a thimbleful dust that could shed light on how our solar system was formed. Nasa said its Stardust ...

The Stardust spacecraft successfully delivered comet dust in 2006. NASA’s plans to return samples from Mars are on hold after an independent review board criticized the cost and complexity.

High-definition cameras and telescopes embedded in satellites sent by space agencies like NASA make it possible for us to witness these mesmerising phenomena in Space. Check these five spectacular ...

The Stardust spacecraft successfully delivered comet dust in 2006. NASA’s plans to return samples from Mars are on hold after an independent review board criticized the cost and complexity.

Here’s how it works. On Dec. 12, 1967, NASA launched the Pioneer 8 spacecraft on a mission to study the sun. Pioneer 8 was the third in a series of solar-orbiting satellites that NASA launched ...

“There are no concerns for the crew,” according to Kelly O. Humphries, the news chief at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The uncrewed Progress capsule — which can carry science ...

This Optical Microscope image shows Orion only shortly after it was removed from the collector. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 15 August, 2014, issue of Science, published ...

NASA doesn't say which spacecraft recorded ... the sound caused by the Stardust spacecraft passing through the dust of comet Tempel 1, pinging the robot's body with debris. However, it sounds ...

she joined Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. Keiko has extensive experience with the curation and analysis of extraterrestrial ...