Hera probe heads off to see aftermath of DART's asteroid impact
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is on its way to do follow-up observations of Dimorphos, two years after an ...
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A Close Asteroid Encounter May Have Once Given Earth a Ring
An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...
SpaceX launches European asteroid probe as hurricane weather closes in
Despite an initially dismal forecast, SpaceX got a break in the weather to send Europe's Hera asteroid probe on its way.
European ‘crash scene investigation’ spacecraft is ready to follow up on NASA’s asteroid impact mission
A European spacecraft and two shoebox-size satellites are about to launch to survey the aftermath from NASA’s DART mission, which intentionally slammed into an asteroid named Dimorphos and ...
Hera spacecraft launched to examine asteroid collision site
A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft ...
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SpaceX launches Hera spacecraft to study NASA’s asteroid impact on Dimorphos
The spacecraft, built by Germany’s OHB SE, Hera, will conduct a post-impact survey of the asteroid ... Hera’s journey will include a Mars flyby in 2025 for a gravity assist before reaching ...
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SpaceX launches European asteroid probe as hurricane weather closes in
The goal of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment ... thruster firing in November to set up a gravity-assist flyby of Mars in March, sailing within about 3,700 miles of the red planet.
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is enroute to conduct 1st crater rim study at 'Dox Castle'
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will soon encounter rare rubble dumped on the Red Planet by an ancient asteroid impact, kicking off a new phase of science observations as the rover continues its ...
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Hera spacecraft launched to investigate asteroid that was deliberately hit by NASA mission
Observations of the DART impact revealed it shifted ... about the nature of the asteroid threat, as well as how to defend against it. Hera will swing by Mars in 2025 to help propel it towards ...