The European Space Agency (ESA) fires up three of the instruments on the Hera spacecraft and takes images of the smaller ...

While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, the ESA said. Deimos is about 15,000 miles from Mars.

He knew about the Hera project and thought it would be an ideal candidate to be given a voice of sorts. “It’s actually the ultimate sustainability project for Earth,” Mooslechner said. “It’s all about ...

For Rita Santos, a conservation detection dog handler and founder of Dogs For Nature, Hera's energy levels were the perfect fit for their mission: tracking and identifying animal species to help ...

European space probe Hera flew past Mars on Wednesday on its way to Dimorphos on its planetary defence mission. During the flyby, the probe captured unique images of the Red Planet, as well as one ...