Sources: Space
NASA's TESS exoplanet space telescope, whose launch was initially delayed, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. 2018-04-18
The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. The mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu and in 2023 to return a sample to Earth for detailed analysis. If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid. 2016-09-8
NASA's Kepler space observatory announces the discovery of three new planets in the Goldilocks zone capable of supporting life. 2015-01-6
NASA Curiosity Mars rover begins its mission to its destination and drives to Mount Sharp. 2013-07-8
NASA's Kepler telescope suffers a critical hardware failure, possibly putting an end to its planet hunting mission. 2013-05-15
NASA's MRO spacecraft provides images allowing scientists for the first time to create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the Martian surface. 2013-03-9
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft observations show that the craters on Saturn’s moon Titan are disappearing. 2013-01-18
NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft crash into a mile-high cliff near the Lunar North Pole to close out a successful mission to map the Moon's gravity field with unprecedented precision. 2012-12-17
NASA reschedules the final mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for Monday. 2011-05-9
NASA delays the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133, its final mission, due to a circuitry glitch. 2010-11-2