Hera is set to study the effects of the 2022 impact that NASA's DART spacecraft had with the asteroid Dimorphos in a test of a planetary defense system - the first time a spacecraft managed to alter ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket resumes flights to launch ESA's Hera spacecraft, following an FAA approval amid recent scrutiny over safety concerns. The Hera mission aims to collect data on asteroid ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX ...

Liftoff of the ESA/NASA Hera mission is set for Monday, sending a spacecraft on a two year journey to a familiar asteroid ...

SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera spacecraft on Monday (Oct. 7) toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation, ...

Europe’s first planetary defense mission — a follow-up to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test — will launch as early as ...

Dimorphos wasn't exactly an asteroid, but instead, a moonlet that orbits Didymos, a bigger space rock. Hera will investigate ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will ...

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...

The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by ...

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 ...