Marcia Dunn
Mission to Mars: Three robots ready to land
After hurtling hundreds of millions of kilometres through space since July last year, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes...
Jupiter, Saturn merge in close conjunction
Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the...
Asteroid samples escaping NASA spacecraft
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space....
US astronauts in spacecraft dock with International Space Station
SpaceX has delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, following up a historic lift-off with an equally smooth docking...
Boeing capsule goes off course, test fails
Boeing’s new Starliner capsule went off course after launch and will not dock with the International Space station during its first test...
Trump greets Apollo 11 astronauts on eve of 50th anniversary of moon landing
Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins have reunited on the eve of the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first moon landing....
NASA spacecraft enters orbit around ancient asteroid
A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a pair of records. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft entered orbit on...
NASA spacecraft arrives at ancient asteroid Bennu
After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft has arrived at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. The...
‘Not expensive missions’: NASA opens up US lunar program to nine private companies
America’s next moon landing will be made by private companies – not NASA. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced on Thursday that nine US...
NASA’s InSight probe lands safely on Mars
A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars has landed on the red planet after a six-month, 480 million-kilometre...