All while Congress had slashed its planetary science ... the high cost of its current focus — human spaceflight — there’s another slump in large, strategic science missions.

NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch a multibillion-dollar mission to Saturn’s moon Titan in 2028.

An asteroid the size of Manhattan’s Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a once every 5,000 to 10,000 ...

Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter's 95 moons, and planetary scientists believe this unique moon harbors a salty ocean beneath its icy crust. NASA says the mission aims to answer the question ...

ESA-Science Office The European Space Agency (ESA)’s planetary defense mission, Hera, has completed the first major maneuver of its journey following its launch in October. The spacecraft has ...

from shuttle missions and assembly of the international space station to statistics, demographic data and coverage of planetary exploration across the solar system. No attempt is made to duplicate ...

The month-long mission, which commenced mid-October, is part of the country’s plans to set up lunar habitats, which in turn could provide a base to launch further inter-planetary missions.

With Mt. Etna’s close resemblance of lunar soil and planetary terrain, we have been able to validate key technologies necessary for the next international missions to the Moon and Mars. The core ...

In April 2023, ESA launched its largest planetary mission to date, targeting the biggest planet in our Solar System. The JUICE space probe, weighing over five tonnes, was launched on an Ariane 5 ...