Travelling through the asteroid belt, the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft has taken its first images of asteroids. The spacecraft is heading toward asteroid 65803 Didymos and its companion Dimorphos, on a mission to study the results of an intentional collision between NASA’s DART spacecraft and Dimorphos. The new images validate Hera’s capabilities to lock its cameras onto a faint target to guide itself towards its destination.
In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission successfully slammed into the side…
On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into the side…
NASA and Johns Hopkins teams have successfully tested the world’s first dedicated planetary defense mission:…
SpaceX has launched NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket.…
After completing months of tests and assembly, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is in…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has been moved to its secondary launch window…
With many missions on the manifest, the new year promises to be packed with space…
This week’s launch schedule featured two high-profile launches that were pushed back after scrubs from…
Six missions comprise the worldwide launch manifest this week, including a crewed launch from China…
A busy slate of launches was planned for the last full week of September, including…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California, carrying…
SpaceX continued to dominate the launch manifest with four missions this week, including SXM-10, and…
This week included three launches scheduled for Wednesday and the third Electron rocket to fly…
Chinese spaceflight activities have been on pause in recent weeks due to the annual Spring…
Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955…
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
European companies in the space sector have been developing novel technology to find their unique…
Jared Isaacman has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump of the United States of America…
Blue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed…
