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A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth.

Chron on MSN · 13h

NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2.

Remember when NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022? Today, a different probe was successfully launched to get a close-up look at the aftermath of the collision. About the size of a small car,

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NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful kinetic impact test.

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 1h

Follow-up mission launched to examine rammed asteroid

Hera will attempt to go into orbit around the rocky pair, with the flyby distances gradually dropping from 18 miles all the way down to a half-mile. The spacecraft will survey the moonlet for at least six months to ascertain its mass, shape and composition as well as its orbit around Didymos.

SciTech Daily · 1h

Planetary Defense Mission: Hera Launches for Asteroid Crash Scene Investigation

ESA's Hera spacecraft has embarked on a groundbreaking mission to the binary asteroid system, Didymos, to enhance planetary defense techniques. This mission follows NASA's successful DART mission which altered the orbit of Didymos' moonlet,

USA TODAY on MSN · 18h

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.

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European mission departs Earth to investigate an asteroid wrecked by NASA

Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...

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Near-Earth asteroid data help probe possible fifth force in universe

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...

Asteroid alert! Two massive airplane-sized asteroid coming towards Earth at scary speed today, NASA warns

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...

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Exact time Big Ben-sized 'city killer' asteroid monitored by NASA will 'skim' Earth today

The space rock, named 2016 JG38, after the year it was discovered, is classed by the US space agency as a "Near Earth Object" ...

"Mini Moon" asteroid begins temporary orbit around earth

An asteroid the size of a bus that is being dubbed a "mini-moon" has begun orbiting earth. Brian Hackney reports.

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Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...

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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 ...

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Earth's new mini-moon belongs to a group of promising targets for future asteroid miners trying to send humans on deep-space missions

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

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An asteroid known as a 'mini-moon' will join Earth's orbit for 2 months starting Sunday

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

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Scientists Find Evidence It Wasn’t Just One Asteroid That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs

Scientists have discovered new evidence that it wasn't just one asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

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