Hera, ESA and Asteroid
ESA’s Hera Asteroid Mission Launches on SpaceX Rocket in Florida
In humanity’s latest bid to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs, a European spacecraft soared away from the coast of Florida on Monday. The mission, Hera, will visit an asteroid that NASA deliberately struck with another spacecraft two years ago.
ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as...
Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as a follow-up to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, beat weather odds and successfully launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX, ESA launch Hera spacecraft to study impact of NASA's DART mission
SpaceX and the European Space Agency will launch a mission on Monday to an asteroid's moon. NASA tried to knock off its path in 2022 to see if it could be done.
ESA’s Hera mission is headed to Dimorphos, the asteroid NASA crashed into
The ESA spacecraft embarked on a two-year journey to the asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos on Monday.
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 planetary defence system.
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.
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 asteroid.
ESA continues Hera launch preparations amid Falcon 9 grounding
The European Space Agency is proceeding with preparations for the launch of an asteroid mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 even though the rocket remains grounded after an upper-stage anomaly on its
SpaceX Launches ESA’s Hera Asteroid Mission
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will investigate an asteroid that NASA deliberately struck with another spacecraft in a previous test of humanity’s planetary defense readiness.
Is the first European on the Moon in ESA's astronaut corps?
Interview The European Space Agency (ESA) had to use a SpaceX rocket to send its Hera spacecraft to Dimorphos. After the ...
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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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Overwhelmed ESA systems in West Virginia, Arkansas leave thousands of homeschoolers hanging
This report was first published by The 74, a non-profit national education newsroom. Two years ago, Katie Switzer advocated ...
Decrypting Mars: Witness the Stunning Transformation of the Red Planet’s Polar Ice
Mars experiences a dynamic seasonal change in its ice caps, causing fascinating geological formations. The European Space ...
Democrats blame rural school closures on private school funding
Iowa Democrats argued Friday that the state’s Education Savings Account program is linked with 16 public school closures in ...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA’s Hubble Telescope Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts
The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 ...
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‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the ...
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ESA Tests Advanced Lunar Camera for Future Artemis Missions
As preparations for NASA's ambitious Artemis lunar missions move forward, the European Space Agency (ESA) has taken an ...