Hera spacecraft successfully tested its autonomous surface feature tracking system during a high-speed flyby of Mars, marking ...

The flyby took place on Wednesday (March 12), and the European Space Agency presented the images during a webcast today. The images presented show Deimos set against a backdrop of the Red Planet below ...

The Hera Space Companion provides updates on the European Space Agency’s Hera Project, part of a global effort to defend earth against an asteroid strike that could have catastrophic effects. The ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission flew by Mars and its lesser-known moon Deimos on March 12, 2025, for a critical gravity assist for its journey.

The European Space Agency has kicked off a competition to support the development of new launch vehicles and boost Europe's access to space. The agency issued the call for proposals for the ...

But the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking at a far subtler approach to saving the planet – a gravity tractor. The plan involves sending a spacecraft to rendezvous with a dangerous asteroid and ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet's mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space ...

according to a new report by the European Space Agency. The report follows a Chinese launch last August that raised alarms worldwide after a Long March 6A rocket exploded and created one of the ...

Though the blackout was planned for the maneuver, Ian Carnelli, the European Space Agency's Hera mission manager, said it was deeply emotional. "I was almost in tears. I mean, I know probably this ...

"Last night was a very short night, I think we slept about 3 hours," said Hera Project Manager Ian Carnelli, of the European Space Agency during the ESA webcast. "But as we flew by Mars this gave ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared ...

After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as "the discovery machine of the decade." Skip to main content ...