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Europe's Hera probe on its way to asteroid struck by Earth two years ago
The automobile-sized Hera will carry out the first detailed survey of a 'binary' – or double-body – asteroid, 65803 Didymos, ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Mission to probe smashed asteroid launches despite hurricane
Europe's Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft that smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary ...
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Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket
Europe's Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a two-year voyage to revisit an ...
SpaceX launch: Europe's Hera spacecraft on way to study asteroid Dimorphos
A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle ...
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China ready to defend Earth from asteroids
In September 2022, it launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, under which a spacecraft was made to collide with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in order to deflect its course. The European ...
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Scientists say X-rays from nuclear explosion may deflect asteroids from Earth
Scientists in Albuquerque, New Mexico, say potentially dangerous asteroids could possibly be deflected by exploding a nuclear warhead more than a mile from its surface and showering it with X-rays ...
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X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid
In 2023, with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, NASA showed it could potentially deflect a cosmic strike by crashing a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos. Although ...