NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get a boost from the Red ...
NASA spacecraft Psyche has captured a stunning image of Mars ahead of a flyby on Friday (May 15).
A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept within 2,800 miles of Mars on Friday, May 15, using the planet’s gravitational pull to ...
Lindy Elkins-Tanton took the helm of Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration in 2014 and put in a bid for the school to lead a NASA mission. This month, NASA chose ASU to lead ...
An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...
The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...