ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose harm to our planet, these missions require planning and execution at short ...

The techniques used to target the asteroids could also be employed in tracking hazardous asteroids and interstellar objects.

The ESA is currently focused on the GNC for the follow-on proximity operations phase of Hera’s mission, according to Gil Fernandez, which is needed to bring the spacecraft as close as one ...

ESA is now preparing its contribution to the DART international planetary defense experiment, Hera, which will follow up on the aftermath. The two modules of the Hera spacecraft were recently ...

Hera will now begin a two-year "cruise phase," the ESA said, which includes a close flyby of Mars within 4,000 miles of the Red Planet – closer than the orbits of the two Martian moons.

ESA and NASA describe the Hera spacecraft as "box-shaped base on a central tube and adapter cone." The spacecraft has two solar panel wings to assist with power, which measure around 13 square ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft is currently headed toward the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid-deflection test. But first, it'll stop by Mars to study the Martian moon Deimos.

ESA and NASA describe the Hera spacecraft as "box-shaped base on a central tube and adapter cone." The spacecraft has two solar panel wings to assist with power, which measure around 13 square ...

To that end, ESA is preparing its HERA probe, which will travel to and investigate Dimorphos, the junior member of the Didymos binary asteroid system. HERA is scheduled to launch in October 2o24.

new video loaded: SpaceX Launches ESA’s Hera Asteroid Mission transcript “Three, two, one. Ignition, engines full power and lift off. Go Hera, go Falcon, go SpaceX.” “You can see Hera ...

ESA is proceeding with preparations for the launch of the Hera asteroid mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 even though the rocket remains grounded.