DLR19 天
Hera – planetary defence against asteroid impacts
Various space agencies and the United Nations have been analysing the risk of impacts for some time. Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) is a joint international mission by NASA and the ESA ...
BBC10 个月
Hera mission: European Space Agency sending probe to asteroid
It is part of a joint project by ESA and Nasa called Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA). In 2022, Nasa successfully redirected an asteroid by hitting it with a missile. Scientists ...
Space.com10 天
Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission
Asteroid prospecting company AstroForge has been awarded the first-ever commercial license for operating and communicating with a spacecraft in deep space, ahead of its Odin mission that's set to ...
BBC1 个月
Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa
A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:52 local time (15:52BST ...