The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection.

Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) spacecraft collided with Dimorphos in the first test of deflecting an asteroid ...

To study DART’s effectiveness, Hera is headed for Didymos to see whether DART is viable. The ESA says Hera is about the size ...

Spanish startup PLD Space, currently developing a small launch vehicle, has outlined plans to work on progressively larger, reusable rockets as well as a crewed spacecraft.

The highly anticipated surveillance mission of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched on a journey to investigate the scene.

ESA's Hera spacecraft has embarked on a groundbreaking mission to the binary asteroid system, Didymos, to enhance planetary defense techniques. This mission follows NASA's successful DART mission ...

On October 10, NASA is launching a new space mission to find habitable spots on Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon.

Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our ...

While NASA has several reasons for pursuing such an ambitious mission, the biggest is scientific exploration and discovery.

ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...

The NASA spacecraft Psyche pulled off the feat over the summer as it traveled to an asteroid inside the solar system. The ...

In humanity’s latest bid to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs, a European spacecraft soared away from the coast of Florida ...