Peggy Whitson, former Nasa astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission, ...

(Reuters) - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, on Thursday announced a 862 million euro ($896.9 million) order from the European Space Agency for the development of the ...

The European Space Agency on Thursday put €862mn behind its goal to be a major player in lunar exploration, awarding a contract to Thales Alenia Space to build its first cargo vehicle for the Moon.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to space agency officials. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1 per cent. “We are not worried ...

An asteroid the size of a football pitch could hit the Earth in seven years, astronomers have warned. The rocky object, ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the “basic building blocks” for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet. The revelation, ...

Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 has sent alarm bells ringing as scientists say it can hit Earth in the next seven years.

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).

The SpainSat NG-1 satellite launched right on time at 8:34 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. The rocket rumbled as it ...

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...