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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 ...
Europe Deploys Spacecraft to Investigate Extraterrestrial “Crash Scene”
Hera Time The Hera mission is officially underway. As CNN reports, the European Space Agency (ESA) just launched its ...
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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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 ...
European Asteroid Mission Hera Launches Despite Poor Weather
A European mission to investigate an asteroid hit by the first test of Earth's planetary defences blasted off Monday despite a hurricane bearing down on Florida.
ESA’s Hera Asteroid Mission Launches in Florida on SpaceX Rocket
In humanity’s latest bid to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs, a European spacecraft soared away from the coast of Florida ...
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 ...
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SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA
Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed ...
Lift-Off! SpaceX Launches Planetary Defense Hera Mission to Asteroid
The mission is heading out into space to study the impact of NASA's successful high-speed collision with an asteroid in 2022.
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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 ...