Hera mission set to revisit asteroid
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid - and the Hera mission will survey the aftermath
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos and demonstrated that such impacts can change the trajectory of large space rocks - which could come in handy the next time one is heading toward Earth.
Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022
ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART probe two years 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 Didymos in autumn 2026.
‘Hera’ asteroid mission ready to launch with Swiss participation
The "Hera" asteroid defence mission is about to be launched. On Monday, the European Space Agency's (ESA) probe is due to lift off on board a Falcon 9 rocket towards the asteroid Dimorphos. Swiss researchers are involved in the mission.
ESA space probe Hera to research asteroid defense
ESA will shortly be launching the Hera mission to investigate asteroid defense. The probe will investigate the effects of the DART impact on Dimorphos.
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 it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defenses.
Hera Spacecraft To Probe Asteroid Deflected By Defence Test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary ...
European Space Agency launches mission to study asteroid deflected by NASA
NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory. ESA’s Hera mission, launchi
ESA Set to Launch Hera Mission, the First Planetary Defense Endeavor of Its Kind
Space is a pretty wild place with asteroids, rogue planets and possibly even aliens species being a threat to humanity. Now a new mission by the ESA is about to launch, heading into space to inspect the Dimorphos and Didymos asteroid pair to better understand how we might redirect it if it was coming our way.
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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.
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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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SpaceX Scheduled to Launch Hera Mission from Cape Canaveral Monday Morning
SpaceX will launch the Hera European Space Agency mission Monday morning from Cape Canaveral to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by the DART mission.
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Belfast astronomer to take part in European Space Agency’s groundbreaking asteroid mission
A Belfast-based astronomer is to take part in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first planetary-defence mission, to help ward ...