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Associated Press on MSN · 20h

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

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away from Florida on Monday on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA in 2022.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 17h

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 destination. During the gravity assist, Hera will perform a survey of the Martian moon Deimos.

TweakTown · 5h

Surveillance mission launches to the asteroid NASA obliterated in deep space

The highly anticipated surveillance mission of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched on a journey to investigate the scene.

SpaceX rocket snaps amazing views of Earth during Hera asteroid probe launch (photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket snapped a pretty special in-space selfie on Monday (Oct. 7). The shot, captured during the launch of ...

techexplorist1h

Near-Earth asteroid data: Probing possible fifth force of the universe

Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...

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European ‘crash scene investigation’ spacecraft is ready to follow up on NASA’s asteroid impact mission

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART 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 ...

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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 ...

Iowa Public Radio11h

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 ...

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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" ...

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