Planetary Science Division

Michael Thorpe Studies Sediment from Source to Sink

Sedimentary and planetary geologist Michael Thorpe finds the stories rocks have to tell, those on Earth and those from Mars.

Posted January 17, 2024

Dragonfly

Saturn

Science & Research

The Solar System

NASA’s Dragonfly to Proceed with Final Mission Design Work

NASA’s Dragonfly mission has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication – known as Phase C – during fiscal year (FY) 2024. The agency is postponing formal confirmation of the mission (including its total cost and schedule) until mid-2024, following the release of the FY 2025 President’s Budget Request. Earlier […]

Posted November 28, 2023

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

Asteroids

Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

DART Team Earns Smithsonian Michael Collins Trophy for Successful Planetary Defense Test Mission

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will be honored with the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement.

Posted November 7, 2023

NASA en español

Earth's Moon

General

Robotics

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

Mira cómo la NASA construye su primer vehículo lunar robótico

El público tendrá un asiento de primera fila y en directo para ver cómo el primer rover lunar robótico de la NASA cobra forma en la sala limpia de la Instalación de Pruebas de Integración de Segmentos de Superficie en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Los integrantes de la misión del […]

Posted November 3, 2023

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

Ames Research Center

Earth's Moon

General

Robotics

Watch NASA Build Its First Robotic Moon Rover

The public now has a live, front row seat to see NASA’s first robotic Moon rover take shape in the Surface Segment Integration and Testing Facility clean room at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of VIPER — short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — and the Office of Communications at NASA’s Ames […]

Posted November 3, 2023

Dragonfly

Langley Research Center

Missions

Saturn

Saturn Moons

NASA’s Dragonfly Tunnel Visions

Dragonfly Team Utilizes Unique NASA Facilities to Shape Its Innovative Titan-bound Rotorcraft With its dense atmosphere and low gravity, Saturn’s moon Titan is a great place to fly. But well before NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan’s skies, researchers on Earth – led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in La

Posted October 23, 2023

Asteroids

Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Near-Earth Asteroids as of August 31, 2023

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that orbit the Sun like the planets with orbits that come within 30 million miles of Earth’s orbit.

Posted October 17, 2023

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

Asteroids

Didymos & Dimorphos

Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Double Asteroid Redirection Test Post-Impact Image Gallery

After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, September 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT. as the world’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space.

Posted October 16, 2023

General

Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

Asteroids

Discovery Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Psyche Asteroid

Psyche Mission