In late September, the inspector general identified 588 replacement parts that were operating beyond their planned ...

The Hera mission will investigate the result of NASA’s asteroid redirection test, in which the U.S. agency rammed a ...

The European Space Agency launched its Hera spacecraft to study an asteroid NASA crashed into two years ago. The mission aims ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are on the way to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, ...

The European Space Agency again turned to SpaceX to launch an important science mission. "I think we’re really going to focus on getting reentry right." On the continent, Ariane 6 may be the last ...

SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday. The FAA cleared ...

The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection.

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...

The Government is in “exploratory discussions” with the UK Space Agency over possible future developments on the island, the ...

NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a €360m mission to perform a close-up “crash-scene” investigation of the 150 m-diameter asteroid Dimorphos, which was purposely hit by a NASA probe in 2022 ...

A Belfast-based astronomer is to take part in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first planetary-defence mission, to help ward ...