The probe, an ESA project, will study the consequences of a deliberate impact by a NASA spacecraft against an asteroid in ...

NASA administrators chose MSU alum Brady Doepke (Class of 1996) to be involved in the ceremonial raising of the mission flag ...

The mission is heading out into space to study the impact of NASA's successful high-speed collision with an asteroid in 2022.

Europe's Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft that smashed ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX is aiming for a Monday morning launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Brevard County. The ESA Hera ...

The Hera spacecraft, expected to take flight Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness.

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed ...

Despite an initially dismal forecast, SpaceX got a break in the weather to send Europe's Hera asteroid probe on its way.

SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket Monday sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency, but have ...

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Hera mission on Monday, October 7. Liftoff is ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, which intentionally hit an asteroid in 2022.

Hera is currently scheduled to launch on Monday, Oct. 7, at 10:52 AM EDT (14:52 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at ...