ESA - Hera - European Space Agency
WEBNow that NASA’s DART mission has impacted the moonlet, Hera will turn the grand-scale experiment into a well-understood and repeatable planetary defence technique. Demonstrating new technologies from autonomous navigation around an asteroid to low gravity proximity operations, Hera will be humankind’s first …
Live coverage: ESA’s Hera spacecraft aims to launch on SpaceX’s …
WEB7 hours ago — Hera will be joined by two, shoebox-sized CubeSats, which is a first for an ESA mission. Milani is designed to approach the surface of Dimorphous, first at 10 km (6.2 mi) and then as close as 2 km ...
Watch SpaceX launch Europe's Hera asteroid-inspection probe on …
WEB1 day ago — The main Hera spacecraft and its two partner cubesats, named Milani and Juventas, are set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday (Oct. 7) at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 GMT) from Cape ...
ESA - Hera launch: how to watch - European Space Agency
WEB3 days ago — Hera will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA. The launch window opens on 7 October and teams on both sides of the Atlantic are currently hard at work carrying out launch preparations. ESA will livestream the launch on ESA WebTV, ESA YouTube and …
ESA - Mission control GO for Hera launch - European Space Agency
WEB1 day ago — At ESA’s ESOC mission control centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by the pre-launch briefing – and the all-important team photos.. The next spacecraft to be flown from ESOC, Hera, is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this month. Hera is Europe’s first asteroid mission and will be the first spacecraft to rendezvous ...
ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by …
WEB2 days 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 travel several hundred million kilometers to reach the double asteroid...
Hera to Launch in Florida on SpaceX Rocket: How to Watch - The …
WEB6 hours ago — Hera will launch as early as Oct. 7 at 10:52 a.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. In case of weather-related delays, the launch window will remain open until ...
ESA continues Hera launch preparations amid Falcon 9 grounding
WEB5 days ago — WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency is proceeding with preparations for the launch of an asteroid mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 even though the rocket remains grounded after an upper-stage ...
ESA’s Hera mission progresses towards launch pending Falcon 9 …
WEB5 days ago — On Thursday, the Hera spacecraft, along with two CubeSats, are set to be encapsulated inside the fairings of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ahead of a planned launch on Monday, Oct. 7. The moment will...
New planetary defence mission ready to blast off to double …
WEB8 hours ago — The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is seen here in this artist's impression. The spacecraft will do a follow-up study of NASA's DART mission which slammed into an asteroid in 2022. (ESA ...