ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, p ...

The Hera mission aims to revisit the binary asteroid system that the DART spacecraft explored in 2022. During that mission, ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

This artist's impression shows the binary asteroid 288P, located in the main asteroid belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter. The object is unique as it is a binary asteroid which also behaves ...

The European Space Agency just launched the Hera follow-up mission to see what’s shaking with the binary asteroid system. Hera has a long journey ahead, but it took a moment to look back and ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission captured imagery of Earth and the moon shrinking as the spacecraft was en route to the asteroid Dimorphos.

The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test ...

A second deep space manoeuvre in February 2026 will line Hera up for arrival at the Didymos binary asteroid system. In October 2026 the spacecraft will enter the vicinity of the asteroid system in ...

Cubesats on Europe's Hera asteroid mission phone home after Oct ... by NASA The Hera spacecraft launched Oct. 7 to study a binary asteroid system up close. By 2026, it should arrive at the ...