https://spacewatch.global/tag/hera-planetary-defence-mission/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/hera-planetary-defence-mission/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/jaxa-and-esa-cooperate-on-hera-and-mmx-missions/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30219&preview=true&preview_id=30219 JAXA and ESA cooperate on Hera and MMX missions]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/esa-awards-e129-4-million-contract-to-planetary-defense-mission-hera/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26140&preview=true&preview_id=26140 ESA awards €129.4 million contract to planetary defence mission Hera]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/esas-self-driving-spacecraft-set-for-planetary-defence-expedition/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13378 Engineers designing ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission to the Didymos asteroid pair are developing advanced technology to let the spacecraft steer itself through space, taking a similar approach to self-driving cars.]]>