The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

Blue Origin lanzó su enorme cohete New Glenn el jueves con un par de naves espaciales de la NASA destinadas a Marte.

With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a frenzied race for the world's first commercial space station.

After 43 anxious days without pay or certainty, NASA employees are returning to work Thursday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston as the federal government reopens

Space exploration has changed how we look at the universe, but it's costly, and some of the most iconic NASA missions are also among the most expensive.

ESA said in a statement that the Artemis 4 Orion service module would begin its journey across the Atlantic Ocean "in a few days" to head to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for further integration. In 2021, ESA paid a consortium of European companies 650 million euros ($791 million) to produce Orion service modules for Artemis missions 4, 5 and 6.