Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission
Monday, 07 October 2024 15:28Hera asteroid mission liftoff
Monday, 07 October 2024 14:00ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, on 7 October at 10:52 local time (16:52 CEST, 14:52 UTC).
Hera is ESA’s first planetary defence mission. It will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 million asteroids in our Solar System – the only body to have had its orbit shifted by human action – to solve lingering unknowns associated with its deflection.
Hera will carry out the first detailed survey of a ‘binary’ – or double-body – asteroid, 65803 Didymos, which is orbited by a smaller
Looking to the next four years: strengthening America’s space leadership
Monday, 07 October 2024 12:00FAA gives SpaceX the OK to launch just one Falcon 9 on asteroid mission for Europe
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Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroid
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Blue Origin constructs new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo to expand human launches
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Why are we going back to this asteroid?
Monday, 07 October 2024 10:00Hera, ESA’s first planetary defence mission, is headed to space.
Hera will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 million known asteroids of our Solar System – the first body to have had its orbit shifted by human action – to probe lingering unknowns related to its deflection.
Hera is scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, today, Monday 7 October, at 16:52 CEST / 15:52 BST.
Using roaches to minimise waste in space
Monday, 07 October 2024 10:00Waste management is a critical challenge for spaceflight. But what if the waste produced by astronauts could be sustainably transformed into something valuable in space? A Polish company thought about that and has come up an innovative solution: an insect bioreactor powered by Madagascar cockroaches.
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life
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FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission
Sunday, 06 October 2024 18:47Critical stress testing completed for Gateway Module
Sunday, 06 October 2024 09:52NASA's Gateway space station has achieved a key milestone in its development. The Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module successfully completed static load testing in Turin, Italy, moving it closer to its final preparation for launch into lunar orbit. This major hardware test marks an important step in Gateway's journey to the Moon, where it will serve both scientific missions and
Northrop Grumman selected to lead production of hypersonic interceptor
Sunday, 06 October 2024 09:52The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) to advance the development of the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI), the first defensive countermeasure designed to address the growing threat of hypersonic missiles. This next phase of the program follows a three-year collaboration with MDA that has resulted in an innovative design aimed at neutralizing both
New seismic data unveils detailed view of 9 km asteroid crater beneath Atlantic
Sunday, 06 October 2024 09:52Researchers from Heriot-Watt University have released new high-resolution images of the Nadir Crater, an asteroid impact site buried deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. The crater, located about 300 meters below the seafloor, spans approximately 9 kilometers in width and was formed by an asteroid collision around 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period. The Nadir Crater, dis
Mercury's magnetic field explored by BepiColombo flyby
Sunday, 06 October 2024 09:52During its June 2023 flyby of Mercury, ESA's BepiColombo spacecraft gathered critical data on the planet's magnetic field, offering insights into its dynamic magnetosphere. This brief encounter hints at the deeper mysteries BepiColombo will uncover when it enters orbit in 2026. Mercury, like Earth, has a magnetic field, though it is about 100 times weaker. Despite this, the planet's magnet
Webb uncovers possible evolutionary phase linked to early stars in distant galaxy
Sunday, 06 October 2024 09:52Peering deep into the universe's past, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has identified a galaxy with an unusual light signature that could represent an important stage in galactic evolution. The galaxy, GS-NDG-9422, was observed about a billion years after the big bang and may provide clues about the transition between the universe's first stars and more familiar galaxies. "The first thin