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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 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.
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 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.
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.
Mission to asteroids: ESA Hera mission launches atop a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral
The Hera mission launched Monday from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. It's destination - an asteroid system NASA altered with its DART mission.
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.
Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa
A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:52 local time (15:52BST) on Monday. It is part of an international mission to see if we can stop dangerous asteroids hitting Earth.
SpaceX rocket snaps amazing views of Earth during Hera asteroid probe launch (photos)
The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket captured amazing images of Earth Monday (Oct. 7) during the launch of Europa's Hera asteroid probe.
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Hubble 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 ...
ESA Launches Car-Sized Probe To Investigate Cosmic Crash Scene In Space
The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection.
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
Watch Live: SpaceX launches Hera asteroid mission Monday, but delays Europa Clipper because of Hurricane Milton
SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket Monday sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency, but have ...
European ‘crash scene investigation’ spacecraft is ready to follow up on NASA’s asteroid impact mission
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, which intentionally hit an asteroid in 2022.
Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy, NGC 4694. Most galaxies fall into one of two basic types.