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A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away from Florida on Monday on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA in 2022.

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Spacecraft launches to investigate asteroid threats to Earth

The European Space Agency will probe a harmless asteroid Nasa hit in 2022 as part of a "planetary defence test".

Yahoo · 1h

European Space Agency launches mission to test Earth's defense against asteroids

The European Space Agency launched its Hera spacecraft to study an asteroid NASA crashed into two years ago. The mission aims to see if Earth can defend against potential deadly space rocks, but results won't be available until 2026.

Nasa spacecraft receives laser signal from 290 million miles away

Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our ...

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ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why

Here’s how it works. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at Earth. The spacecraft returned some very ...

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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Engineers at NASA ...

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Survey spacecraft launched two years ago on Earth's defense experiment.

Two years ago, the European Space Agency's probe was launched to examine the progress of the so-called Earth defense experiment, which changes the orbit of an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft ...

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