NASA spacecraft

First Spacecraft to Hit Asteroid in Attempt to Alter Its Trajectory

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the ...

September 25, 2022BY The Associated Press
Boeing Capsule Returns to Earth After Aborted Space Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight ...

December 23, 2019BY The Associated Press
NASA Spacecraft More Than Halfway to Mars

NASA’s InSight spacecraft is now more than halfway to Mars. The InSight is expected to touch down on ...

August 30, 2018BY Colin Fredericson
NASA Will Send Spacecraft to a Metal Asteroid Believed to be Core of Former Planet (Video)

NASA will be sending a spacecraft to one of the solar system’s more unique asteroids.

January 5, 2017BY Epoch Videos