SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's $398 million Hera probe Monday on a follow-up flight to find out precisely how a moonlet orbiting a small asteroid was affected by the high-speed impact ...

A unique asteroid mission is underway. The European Space ... the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Unlike typical SpaceX launches, the Falcon 9 first stage did ...

PARIS : Europe's Hera asteroid ... the probe lifted off at around 10:53 a.m. local time (1453 GMT), according to a live webcast. The European Space Agency selected Elon Musk's SpaceX for the ...

SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket Monday sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency ... is a followup to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission ...

A European spacecraft is heading to study an asteroid after NASA purposely knocked it off its course more than two years ago. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft lifted off on a ...

the Federal Aviation Administration announced Sunday that SpaceX had been cleared to press ahead with the planned Monday launch of the European Space Agency's $398 million Hera asteroid probe ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a two-year voyage to revisit an asteroid bashed off course by NASA's DART spacecraft ...