SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft on Monday to see if a test NASA performed in 2022 to knock the moonlet off its orbit from an asteroid actually worked. The launch of the ...

Hera, an orbiter built by the European Space Agency, launched at ... Florida's western coast, the Hera spacecraft still managed to depart Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

ESA's Hera spacecraft soared into a cloudy sky ... world a safer place from the impact of asteroids." Hera's launch went ahead after SpaceX received authorization from the U.S. Federal Aviation ...

Go Hera, go Falcon, go SpaceX ... space program is planning a DART-like mission that could launch this decade. And the European Space Agency may scramble to build another in just four ...

(This story has been updated with the latest launch information.) Launch recap: Scroll down to read the updates from the launch of the ESA Hera mission from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Update for 1 p.m. EDT: The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission successfully ...

which has been scrubbed until launch teams determine a new target liftoff date after the storm clears. Liftoff! ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft on Monday to see if a test NASA performed in 2022 to knock the moonlet off its orbit from an asteroid actually worked. The launch of the ...

Hera's launch went ahead after SpaceX received authorization from ... and I am really happy to see ESA's Hera spacecraft at the forefront of Europe’s efforts to help protect Earth," ESA Director ...

Oct. 7 (UPI) --SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft on Monday to see if a test NASA performed in 2022 to knock the moonlet off its orbit from an asteroid actually worked. The ...