PARIS — Europe launched its first spacecraft to help develop a defense against city-killer asteroids slamming into Earth. The European Space Agency’s Hera mission, to which defense firms Thales and ...

A European spacecraft and two shoebox-size satellites have launched to survey the aftermath from NASA’s DART mission, which intentionally slammed into an asteroid named Dimorphos and altered its orbit ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera mission is officially underway following the successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on Monday morning. The mission, if successful, will provide key ...

The Hera spacecraft, which took flight late Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness. By Katrina Miller In humanity’s latest bid to avoid going the ...

UPDATE Oct. 7: The Hera mission lifted off today, Monday, Oct. 7 at 10:52 a.m. EDT. The launch livestream can be viewed below via the European Space Agency’s YouTube stream or on X via SpaceX’s ...

ESA's Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration ...

An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Hera craft traveling through the solar system. Credit: ESA-Science Office The Hera spacecraft is flying to the site of a pulverized asteroid.

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews wrote in ...

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