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‘Hera’, the first European planetary defence mission, launches successfully
The probe, an ESA project, will study the consequences of a deliberate impact by a NASA spacecraft against an asteroid in ...
SpaceNews18h
Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission
A Falcon 9 lifts off Oct. 7 carrying the Hera spacecraft for ESA. Credit: SpaceX webcast CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Falcon 9 successfully launched a European asteroid mission Oct. 7 in a partial ...
Nature3d
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 ...
The Next Web3d
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.
A Spacecraft Is on Its Way to a Harmless Asteroid Slammed by NASA in a Previous Save-The-Earth Test
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...