The BepiColombo spacecraft is to make a closer-than-planned flyby of Mercury this week, whizzing past the planet at ...

Nasa's MESSENGER spacecraft concluded its four-year orbital mission over Mercury by crashing into the planet. The MESSENGER — a backronym of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry ...

Japan's Mio space probe now en route to Mercury to study its origin and evolution took advantage of Earth's gravity for a swing by to take a farewell photo of home. Photos showing it whizzing far ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...