European Space Agency launches mission to study asteroid deflected by NASA
NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.
ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART probe two years ago
The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will ...
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 ...
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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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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022 ...
Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 ...
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 second stage stumbles; Japanese rocket nears the end
Welcome to Edition 7.14 of the Rocket Report! For readers who don't know, my second book was published last week. It's titled ...
European Space Agency to send spacecraft past Mars for 'crime scene investigation'
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is set to investigate the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission, which successfully ...
Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
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A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next
ESA’s Hera mission will study a rock called Dimorphos, which was blasted by NASA, to work out how successful that approach ...
FAA Launches Investigation Into Falcon 9’s Missed Splashdown After Crew-9 Launch
After successfully launching a crew to the ISS, the rocket's upper stage experienced an anomaly during its deorbit burn.