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.

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission. After waking up its ...

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.