Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Chang'e 2 ...

Last week, asteroid 4179 Toutatis made its way past Earth at a mere distance of just 4.3 million miles. While that’s about 18 times farther away than the moon, the 3-mile-wide rock was still labeled ...

French satellite-making startup U-Space has tasked MaiaSpace with launching the two-satellite Toutatis demonstration due in 2027, the French Defense Innovation Agency said Nov. 28. The French ...