The automobile-sized Hera will carry out the first detailed survey of a 'binary' – or double-body – asteroid, 65803 Didymos, ...

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...

A SpaceX rocket that launched a planetary defense mission on Monday captured a breathtaking view of Earth shortly after reaching orbit.

Scientists are eager to examine the impact’s aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might ...

Helga and Zohar, designed to represent human female bodies, were in the Orion capsule as stand-ins for astronauts, with built ...

Hera will survey the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART spacecraft, the results of which could lay the foundation of Earth's ...

Hera Time The Hera mission is officially underway. As CNN reports, the European Space Agency (ESA) just launched its ...

SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday. The FAA cleared ...

On its way the pair of near-Earth asteroids, Hera will swing by Mars in 2025 to help propel the spacecraft forward to its ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission, starting in October ... which is interpreted by some as a combination of what NASA and ESA have been doing, namely to both impact and observe. China joined ...

NASA’s DART spacecraft is due to collide with the smaller body of the Didymos binary asteroid system in October 2022. ESA’s Hera mission will survey ‘Didymoon’ post-impact and assess how its orbit has ...

What NASA has learned Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's ...