ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART probe two years ago
The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will ...
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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022 ...
European Space Agency launches mission to study asteroid deflected by NASA
NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.
ESA's Hera spacecraft set for asteroid 'crime scene investigation'
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
In a scene that sounds straight out of science fiction, the spacecraft deliberately crashed into the pyramid-sized asteroid ...
A huge asteroid, as big as a car, is moving towards Earth at high speed today; NASA warns
A 17-foot asteroid, roughly the size of an airplane, will approach Earth on October 4. Named 2024 TF, it will pass by at a ...
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Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids
Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake ...
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ESA’s ‘planetary defence mission’ has startups dreaming of asteroid mining
The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.
ESA's Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
Does Earth have a second moon? Here’s what one famous scientist says
One prominent voice challenging reports on Earth's "second moon" or "mini-moon" is the host of the recent iteration of ...
How to defend Earth from asteroids to be explored by new space craft
The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission:: File:: 'Hera' will assess a small moon ...