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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, ...
Hera spacecraft on its way to study asteroid rammed in NASA's save-the-Earth test
The European Space Agency's Hera will travel to the scene of the crash and investigate whether the asteroid has a new crater or new shape and whether it has begun to tumble.
Ghost Rockets, ASAT Tests Create “A Ticking Time Bomb” For Astronauts
Decades of abandoning rockets in orbit, and firing off anti-satellite missiles, are surrounding Earth with "time bombs" that ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
NASA Langley helps fine tune a spacecraft heading to the outer solar system
Later this week, NASA will be launching the Europa Clipper spacecraft on a mission that’s going far in our solar system to ...
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NASA Spacecraft Sends Laser Signal From 290 Million Miles Away
It turns out a laser can beam data back to Earth even if it’s based as far away as Mars, according to a new test from NASA.
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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 ...
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Soyuz spacecraft safely returns to Earth hours after leaving ISS
returning two cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut to Earth. The spacecraft made a parachute landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, near Dzhezkazgan at 7:29 a.m. EDT. The Soyuz, which left the ISS's ...