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.

Maryland legislators came to the defense of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center amid rumors that buildings and laboratories were shuttered in the shutdown.

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its surface. So, what happened to the Red Planet, and could it happen to Earth?

NASA's giant Mars Antenna failure hinders spacecraft communication and asteroid studies amid the federal government shutdown.

NASA officials reacted strongly against allegations that federal employees were called back to work to dismantle laboratories and move equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,