A tiny moon photobombs Mars as Europe’s Hera mission swoops past
Images from the Hera mission show the object in remarkable detail — a small island gliding above the crater-scarred Martian ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART ...
How 3D printing will help astronauts survive on the moon and Mars
D printers will make the tools, structures, and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment.
European spacecraft got rare close-up of Mars' lesser-known moon
While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...
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Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons
Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...
Weighing in on a Mars water debate: Analysis challenges previous findings
More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...
We Asked a NASA Expert: How Long Does It Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? [Video]
Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...
Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and gravity shock: What Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore might experience upon returning to Earth
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams are returning to Earth after a prolonged nine-month stay at the ISS due to ...
Video: Time lapse simulation of Hera's Mars flyby
ESA's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft's trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip ...
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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...
Mars Gets a Close-Up and a Photo Bomb as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past
The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.
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Spacecraft Takes Time to Shoot Mars' More Mysterious Moon as It Heads Deep Into Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) fires up three of the instruments on the Hera spacecraft and takes images of the smaller ...