NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage
A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...
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Spacecraft heads to destroyed asteroid
A spacecraft launched to study a small, harmless astroid hit by NASA two years ago to practice blasting asteroids that ...
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SpaceX launches Hera asteroid mission Monday, but delays Europa Clipper because of Hurricane Milton
Hera will fly back to the same binary asteroid system tasked to perform a post-impact survey of the DART target, the smaller Dimorphos asteroid that orbits the larger Didymos. “Hera will turn the ...
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Spacecraft is on its way to asteroid slammed by NASA in previous save-the-Earth test
A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. It's the second part of a planetary defense test ...
SpaceX, ESA to launch Hera spacecraft to study impact of NASA's DART mission
SpaceX and the European Space Agency will launch a mission on Monday to an asteroid's moon. NASA tried to knock off its path ...
SpaceX launches European asteroid probe as hurricane weather closes in
Despite an initially dismal forecast, SpaceX got a break in the weather to send Europe's Hera asteroid probe on its way.
Lift-Off! SpaceX Launches Planetary Defense Hera Mission to Asteroid
The mission is heading out into space to study the impact of NASA's successful high-speed collision with an asteroid in 2022.
European Space Mission Launches to Investigate an Asteroid Crash Site
The Hera spacecraft, expected to take flight Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness.
Mission to probe smashed asteroid launches despite hurricane
Europe's Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft that smashed ...