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.
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What is the “mini moon” that is now orbiting Earth
Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the planet until Nov. 25. What ...
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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 ...
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Europe Deploys Spacecraft to Investigate Extraterrestrial “Crash Scene”
The Hera mission is officially underway to investigate the after effects of DART, NASA's successful planetary defense test.
European mission departs Earth to investigate an asteroid wrecked by NASA
Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...
NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2.
Remember when NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022? Today, a different probe was successfully launched to get a close-up look at the aftermath of the collision. About the ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA
Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed ...