Anatoliy Daron, who recently died in US at 94, fled two Nazi massacres, lost his job in the Doctors' Plot, then, while living in a cramped shared flat, invented Sputnik's engine

Scientists say country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back gases and hoard of pebbles from its mission to Ryugu

Hayabusa2 spacecraft released capsule Saturday from 220,000 kilometers away, ending 6-year, 5.2 billion-kilometer journey

Origin of powerful emission, said strong enough to detect with regular cellphone, pinned down to young neutron star within our galaxy

Osiris-Rex dodges boulders the size of buildings to scrape surface of Bennu more than 200 million miles away from earth; will take weeks for scientists to know if bid successful

Perseverance will pick up samples from Martian surface, which will later be flown back to Earth for study

United Arab Emirates wants 'Al-Amal,' or 'Hope' mission to serve as a source of inspiration for Arab youth, in a region too often wracked by sectarian conflicts and economic crises

UAE's Mars orbiter due to lift off on Friday after launch postponed by bad weather, while US and China are also sending unmanned spacecraft to the Red Planet

With 7 months on International Space Station and historic all-female space walks behind her, trailblazing child of Iraqi-born Israeli sets sights on Artemis moon landing project

2011 mothballing of US shuttle program left Russia's Soyuz spacecraft solely responsible for transporting crews, giving Moscow cash as well as leverage over ISS decisions