The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years ...

NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) can be seen with the naked eye as it orbits Earth, and can be tracked with ...

NASA's Dr David Grinspoon claims there could be life on the dwarf planet Ceres as astrobiologists are constantly 'surprised' by the level of activity in the solar system ...

In an exciting development in the pursuit of extraterrestrial life, NASA has uncovered and mapped out underground oceans on ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has found a new leader for its Solar System exploration program, and the choice of Bobby Braun signals a willingness to adapt to the changing world of aerospace ...

NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that will significantly advance the nations commercial space ...

NASA has announced a pair of space exploration missions that will study asteroids vital to deciphering the origins of the solar system. The agency said Wednesday that the two missions will send ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...

Object Details Author Solar System Exploration @ 50 (2012 : Washington, D.C.) author editor Billings, Linda issuing body United States NASA History Division Subject United States National Aeronautics ...