24 November 2021
NASA successfully launches its DART mission
...years after DART’s impact, ESA’s (European Space Agency) Hera project will conduct detailed surveys of both asteroids, with ... collaboration involves DART, ASI’s LICIACube, and ESA’s Hera investigations and science teams, which will follow up on...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... scientists (Stuster et al., 2000). Crew members before they ingress for a 30-day mission simulation in NASA’s ‘HERA’, a unique three-story habitat designed to serve as an analogue for isolation, confinement, and remote conditions in exploration...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... journey. Habitation analogues include: Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU), which became Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA); the HI-SEAS habitat (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation); the underwater analogue NASA Extreme Environment...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... have laid the groundwork for a lunar research base. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency is planning the Hera mission, which is designed to map the surface of the paired Didymos asteroids when they come relatively close...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
..., BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter, Juice and Euclid. It will also support future ESA deep-space missions such as Hera, PLATO and Comet Interceptor. “Bringing the agency to fruition was a complex proposition as there were many government...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
... soon be following in these footsteps as the agency plans to deploy Europe’s first deep-space CubeSats as part of its Hera mission. But just as you thought space exploration vehicles couldn’t get any smaller, scientists are now...
