Satellite News

The OSIRIS-REx probe began heading home today (May 10), kicking off a 1.4-billion-mile (2.3 billion kilometers) journey that will culminate with the touchdown of its sample capsule in the Utah desert in September 2023.

A small NASA sounding rocket will launch tonight (May 10), creating a brief, colorful light show over the U.S. East Coast. Here’s how to watch.

A probable fireball lit up the skies above the Minneapolis-St. Paul area early Sunday morning (May 9), at 3 a.m. local time, according to reports.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth today (May 10), and you can follow it live here, courtesy of NASA.

NASA and Axiom Space will discuss the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in a teleconference today (May 10).

After a huge Chinese rocket plummeted apparently into the ocean, NASA’s new administrator condemned the country’s use of launch technology that makes uncontrolled reentries from orbit.

A never-before-seen meteor shower will sprinkle tiny pieces of comet dust over Earth’s southernmost regions later this year.

After more than two years circling a lumpy space rock called Bennu, it’s finally time for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to head back to Earth with a full load precious cargo: pieces of an asteroid.