From a half-million miles away, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft captured Mars with its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in ...

When Hera arrives at Mars, it will use the gravity of the planet to push it toward its target, Dimorphos, which is the smaller partner of the Didymos asteroid and where it will arrive in late 2026.

Mars' moon Deimos is seen in silhouette against the red planet, here appearing light blue of an infrared image, as captured by ESA’s Hera spacecraft during a March 12, 2025 flyby. | Credit: ESA ...

ESA's Hera mission flying by Mars. See views captured with its Asteroid Framing Cameras. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency Music: A New Beginning by Bruce Brus / courtesy of Epidemic Sound ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft is currently headed toward the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid-deflection test. But first, it'll stop by Mars to study the Martian moon Deimos.

Hera was using Mars in what is known as a gravity assist, both accelerating the spacecraft and adjusting its flight path. But its mission operators also wanted to take advantage of the Martian ...

Hera snapped the images from an altitude of 621 miles (1,000 km) while traveling at speeds of 20,132 mph (32,400 kph) relative to Mars. All three instruments were pointed to the less-seen side of ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission flew by Mars and its lesser-known moon Deimos on March 12, 2025, for a critical gravity assist for its journey. Credit: ESA.

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NASA has selected four new volunteers to participate in a 45-day simulation of life on Mars, known as the HERA project. The mission, which will begin on November 1, will involve the crew ...

Four volunteers will soon get a trip to "Mars". NASA announced on Monday, April 15 that they had selected the next crew for their simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The ...

Hera was about 620 miles (1000 km) from the 7.7-mile-wide (12.4-m) Martian moon when the image was taken. Deimos orbits approximately 14,600 miles (23,500 km) from the surface of Mars.