Hera spacecraft launched to investigate asteroid that was deliberately hit by NASA mission
NASA's DART mission deliberately crashed into the Dimorphos asteroid in 2022 as scientists test whether space objects can be deflected from a collision course with our planet.
7 Oct 16:16 · Sky News
Spacecraft blasts off to probe NASA asteroid crash site
A European spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a NASA test collision two years ago. The NASA craft had successfully deflected the asteroid from its course.
7 Oct 15:17 · DW
Europe's Hera spacecraft blasts off to investigate asteroid already rammed by NASA
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft set off on Monday on its two-year journey towards a small asteroid already rammed by NASA to test whether potentially planet-threatening asteroids can be bumped…
7 Oct 16:11 · France 24
Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by NASA
The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
7 Oct 14:19 · BBC News
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 that had been a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth.
7 Oct 07:54 · The Seattle Times
Spacecraft headed to harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in previous save-the-Earth test
European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rockets away from Florida on two-year journey to small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA in 2022
7 Oct 15:47 · Voice of America
Hera spacecraft launched to examine asteroid collision site
A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA ...
7 Oct 17:24 · phys.org
A spacecraft is on its way to an asteroid 'crash scene investigation'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.
7 Oct 18:02 · National Post
European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
Hera will perform a close-up examination of a 2022 impact on Dimorphos by NASA's DART mission
7 Oct 14:53 · Physics World
SpaceX, ESA launch Hera spacecraft to study impact of NASA's DART mission
Oct. 7 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft on Monday to see if a test NASA performed in 2022 to knock the moonlet off its orbit from an asteroid actually worked.
7 Oct 11:37 · UPI
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