The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are on their way to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, which intentionally hit an asteroid in 2022.

Milani, which will prospect for minerals on the asteroid's surface to help determine its composition, was activated on Oct. 24, by which time Hera was 4.9 million miles (7.9 million km) distant ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are on the way to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, which intentionally hit an asteroid in 2022.

“Just few months ago we delivered Milani to the ESA and now it has completed the intense campaign of system level testing with Hera, along with the ground segment, and ensured the validation of ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is on its way to check out the damage NASA’s DART mission did to an asteroid called Dimorphos. Hera launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape ...

Hera Milani is a nanosatellite funded by Italy and developed by Tyvak International for the European Space Agency, devoted to the visual inspection and dust detection of the Didymos asteroid ...

Milani’s purpose is to swoop close to Dimorphos — closer than Hera or Juventas — to measure how much dust surrounds the moonlet and determine its composition with its multispectral imager.

Europe's Hera mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe hit in 2022, has arrived at its Florida launch site ahead of its planned Oct. 7 liftoff.

Milani, which will prospect for minerals on the asteroid's surface to help determine its composition, was activated on Oct. 24, by which time Hera was 4.9 million miles (7.9 million km) distant ...