A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
Dimorphos double asteroid system, has performed a close flyby of Mars, receiving a crucial gravitational slingshot, testing ...
Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...
While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) fires up three of the instruments on the Hera spacecraft and takes images of the smaller ...
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.
For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It ...
ESA’s Hera probe captures stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos during a historic flyby, offering new insights into the ...
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...