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SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera asteroid probe on Oct. 7: Watch it live
SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera spacecraft toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation on Monday (Oct. 7), and you can watch the liftoff live.
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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 ...
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 ...
European probe "Hera" to study asteroid Demorphos to develop strategies to protect Earth
The asteroid Dimorphos, which was intentionally struck by a NASA spacecraft to alter its trajectory, will soon be studied by ...
Astronomy1d
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid — and the Hera mission will survey the aftermath
Europe’s first planetary defense mission — a follow-up to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test — will launch as early as ...
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 ...
Nature2d
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 ...
The Next Web2d
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.
Watch the Skies: Debris From NASA’s DART Asteroid Collision Could Spark a Meteor Display on Earth
NASA's DART mission in 2022 dramatically altered an asteroid's orbit, potentially sending debris toward Earth and Mars, ...
Astronomy23d
Could we experience the first-ever human-made meteor shower?
A few grams of ultrafast-moving debris particles may also reach Earth in about seven years, but only tiny fragments that were blasted from Dimorphos’ surface at speeds exceeding 3,300 mph (1.5 ...
Swissinfo1d
‘Hera’ asteroid mission ready to launch with Swiss participation
The "Hera" asteroid defence mission is about to be launched. On Monday, the European Space Agency's (ESA) probe is due to lift off on board a Falcon 9 rocket towards the asteroid Dimorphos. Swiss ...