The Hera mission, which is run by the European Space Agency, is a follow-on from Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) project. Dimorphos is a small moon 160m-wide that orbits an ...
Simulation of the impact of the DART spacecraft with the asteroid Dimorphos ...
Bill Nelson ... later. Nelson's tenure as NASA chief was an eventful one, featuring the launch of the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, the Europa Clipper probe, the DART asteroid-smashing ...
Bill Nelson retires as NASA administrator; Janet Petro steps in as acting chief, awaiting Jared Isaacman’s confirmation.
NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally collided with an asteroid in September, in an attempt to alter the space rock’s trajectory. The mission tested technology that could help defend Earth ...
SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft, designed to study the asteroid Dimorphos, today (Oct. 7). The mission will assess the impact made by NASA's DART (Double ...