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 ...
European ‘crash scene investigation’ spacecraft is ready to follow up on NASA’s asteroid impact mission
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, which intentionally hit an asteroid in 2022.
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A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next
ESA’s Hera mission will study a rock called Dimorphos, which was blasted by NASA, to work out how successful that approach ...
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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.