The spacecraft captured the Red Planet and its enigmatic moons, Deimos and Phobos, marking its first deep-space imaging ...

Deimos is the smaller and less photographed of Mars’ moons. This egg-shaped object, only measuring about 7.7 miles in diameter (12.4 kilometers), is tidally-locked with the Red Planet making it often ...

ISAE-SUPAERO is actively collaborating in the international Hera probe program through the research work of Naomi Murdoch and the SSPA team. The probe, which is en route to study the asteroid ...

The worldwide tech leading Dutch firm, cosine, is making a big impact in space exploration. The company is playing a key role in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission by providing a ...

New images of the mysterious Martian moon Deimos were captured when the Hera mission activated its instruments past Earth for ...

DART deliberately crashed a spacecraft into that asteroid, aiming to change its orbit around a larger asteroid, Didymos. That ...

into the Dimorphos asteroid. The 14,000 mph (22,530 kph) impact was powerful enough to alter the orbit of the piece of space rock around its parent, Didymos, officially proving that, if need be ...

ESA’s Hera probe captures a rare and detailed view of Mars and its elusive moon, Deimos, during a crucial flyby on its way to the Didymos asteroid system. Credit : Esa.int The European Space Agency’s ...

Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...