Europe's Hera spacecraft on way to study asteroid Dimorphos
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.
🚀 Planetary defense: Hera probe headed to study the deflection of asteroid Dimorphos
The Hera spacecraft is on its way to the binary asteroid system Didymos / Dimorphos. This mission has an ambitious goal: understanding the consequences of a deliberate asteroid deflection. Hera,
SpaceX launch: Europe's Hera spacecraft on way to study asteroid Dimorphos
A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle into two years ago.
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 damage, with the goal of helping future asteroid deflection.
Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroid
Stormy weather has threatened to delay the launch of Europe's Hera spacecraft, which is scheduled to blast off on Monday, SpaceX has said.
SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera asteroid probe today: Watch it live
SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera spacecraft on Monday (Oct. 7) toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation, and you can watch the liftoff live.
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.
SpaceX launches Hera spacecraft to study NASA’s asteroid impact on Dimorphos
SpaceX launched ESA's Hera spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to study the impact of NASA's 2022 DART mission on asteroid Dimorphos. The mission aims to
European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
Impact zone The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will perform a close-up examination of DART’s 2022 impact of Dimorphos. (Courtesy: SpaceX) The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a €360m mission to perform a close-up “crash-scene” investigation of the 150 m-diameter asteroid Dimorphos,
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