SpaceX’s Hera launch offers sublime view of Earth
A SpaceX rocket that launched a planetary defense mission on Monday captured a breathtaking view of Earth shortly after reaching orbit.
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
Scientists are eager to examine the impact’s aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might ...
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NASA’s Helga, Zohar, Bring Back Good News For Astronauts
Helga and Zohar, designed to represent human female bodies, were in the Orion capsule as stand-ins for astronauts, with built ...
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A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid
A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...
ESA launches Hera mission to return to deflected asteroid in bid to learn how to protect Earth
Hera will survey the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART spacecraft, the results of which could lay the foundation of Earth's ...
Europe Deploys Spacecraft to Investigate Extraterrestrial “Crash Scene”
Hera Time The Hera mission is officially underway. As CNN reports, the European Space Agency (ESA) just launched its ...
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SpaceX Cleared to Launch European Space Agency's Hera Mission After FAA Scrutiny
SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday. The FAA cleared ...
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ESA’s Hera mission launched aboard SpaceX, to probe NASA knocked off asteroid Dimorphos
ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...
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SpaceX launches Hera asteroid mission Monday, but delays Europa Clipper because of Hurricane Milton
The FAA on Sunday, though, announced it was approving just the Hera mission since its launch was going to not feature a second stage reentry. That Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:52 a.m. from Cape Canaveral ...
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NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2.
On its way the pair of near-Earth asteroids, Hera will swing by Mars in 2025 to help propel the spacecraft forward to its ...