The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the first-ever asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa. This ...

ESA's planned Ramses mission would arrive at the asteroid Apophis two months before the asteroid's April 2029 close flyby of Earth. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and Japan ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will use Mars’ gravity on May 15 to gain speed and adjust its path toward the mysterious metal rich ...

ExLabs is proposing ’Apophis EX,’ designed to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis during its rare 2029 Earth flyby.

Southern California-based startup, Exploration Labs, proposes a commercial deep space mission to study and potentially deflect dangerous asteroids like Apophis.

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought. The discovery adds complexity to Hayabusa2’s 2031 mission but also heightens ...

A Brazilian astronomer has identified a potential shortcut to Mars by using the preliminary orbital plane of asteroid 2001 CA21 as a geometric guide for spacecraft trajectories. The approach could ...

ESA is broadening its international cooperation with Asian partners, signing an MoU with South Korea and advancing an asteroid mission with Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now being ...