In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a staff member places a cover over a container of soil and rocks from the moon during a handover ceremony for lunar samples co...
This undated photo provided by the National Science Foundation in January 2020 shows on of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope's first images of the sun, revealing its turbulent g...
This combination of photos made available by NASA shows the spiral galaxy Messier 81 (M81) viewed in two different types of infrared wavelengths showing the the light from the star...
This composite image made available by NASA shows the cluster NGC 2024, which is found in the center of the Flame Nebula about 1,400 light years from Earth. Stars are often born in...
A lander is lifted during a test of hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration capabilities at a facility in Huailai in China's Hebei province.
A lander is lifted during a test of hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration capabilities at a facility in Huailai in China's Hebei province. China has invited international o...
In this photo released by NASA, active regions on the sun combine to look something like a jack-o-lantern's face. The image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SD...
In this image taken from video provided by NASA, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, top right, exit the International Space Station. The world’s first female spacewalkin...
A team prepare the European Space Agency's ExoMars rover to leave Airbus plant in Stevenage, England. The ExoMars 2020 rover with its six wheels and autonomous navigation system, i...
In this photo taken and distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, a Russian Proton-M rocket takes off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhs...
This image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the shadow, center above, of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft after its successful touchdown on the asteroid Ryug...
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, left, Russian cosmonaut –ûleg Kononenko‚Äé, centre, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, members of the main crew of the expedition to the Int...
In this photo provided by European Space Agency (ESA), the Ariane 5 rocket carrying BepiColombo lifts off from its launch pad at Kourou in French Guiana.
The Ariane 5 rocket carrying BepiColombo lifts off from its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. European and Japanese space agencies said an Ariane 5 rocket successfully lifted a ...
In this image made from video provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Argentinian satellite blasts off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base launch site, about 130 mi...
This illustration from NASA shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft will get a gravity assist as it passes within 1,500...
ISRO Chairman K Sivan (2nd R), French space agency President Jean-Yves Le Gall (2nd L), former CII chairman K Gopalakrishna (R), Antrix Chairman & MD S Rakesh (L) during the inaugu...
In this photo released by NASA, the Russian Soyuz MS-09 crew craft, left, and the Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK) Cygnus space freighter are attached to the International S...
In this image made from video provided by NASA, cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev flings a Sirius nano-satellite into orbit from the International Space Station.
The Mobile Service Tower is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Parker Solar Probe onboard Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
