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, ...
Spacecraft to launch towards knocked off course asteroid
The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
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 ...
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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 ...
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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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The Psyche mission: A visit to a metal asteroid
Much of the Psyche spacecraft's mission will entail scanning the asteroid for clues that either support or reject this story. The Psyche spacecraft is due to arrive at the metallic asteroid 16 ...
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Spacecraft heads to destroyed asteroid
A spacecraft launched to study a small, harmless astroid hit by NASA two years ago to practice blasting asteroids that ...
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Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th
In September 2022, NASA intentionally slammed a spacecraft into the small asteroid Dimorphos at roughly 14,000 mph. Though Dimorphos posed no threat to Earth, the mission served as the first ...
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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 it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary ...