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.

(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.

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL—Defying grim weather forecasts, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 7 to send the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft and a pair of cubesats on their way toward ...

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 ...

new video loaded: SpaceX Launches ... “Hera separation confirmed.” “Great view. We’ve got successful deployment of the Hera spacecraft.” The European Space Agency’s Hera mission ...