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ESA’s Hera Spacecraft Poised for Critical 93 Minute Burn to Reach Target Asteroid System
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/space-science/esas-hera-is-about-to-fire-its-engines-for-93-minutes-in-a-high-stakes-asteroid-approachESA’s Hera mission is preparing for a critical 93-minute engine burn as it approaches the asteroid system reshaped by NASA’s historic DART impact. The European Space Agency (ESA) is initiating a critical phase in its Hera mission, with a scheduled...
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Humans Just Changed an Asteroid’s Path Around the Sun, And Scientists Can Now Measure It
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/space-science/humans-just-changed-an-asteroids-path-around-the-sun-and-scientists-can-now-measure-itthreats. A Closer Look Is Still Coming The Didymos system will soon receive another visitor. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive later this decade. Hera will study the aftermath of the DART impact in detail, including the...
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NASA Finds “Collective Attention” Is the Key to Surviving Mars Delays
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/space-science/mars-mission-simulations-uncover-how-teams-stay-focused-across-vast-distancesGround‑Based Simulator To explore the issue, investigators ran experiments inside NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) at the Johnson Space Center. The facility replicates key aspects of spaceflight, housing volunteers who act as astronauts...
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ESA’s Tiny CubeSat Will Land on Asteroid Apophis to Measure Earth’s Gravity Pull
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/space-science/europe-is-sending-a-tiny-spacecraft-to-land-on-a-potentially-dangerous-asteroidintegrating, and qualifying the spacecraft before departure. To accelerate development, ESA is re‑using hardware from the Hera mission, which is currently heading toward the Dimorphos asteroid after NASA’s DART impact test. Leveraging proven components...
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New Mathematical Breakthrough Finally Solves the Chaos of Binary Asteroid Motion
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/astronomy/astronomers-develop-a-faster-way-to-simulate-the-complicated-motion-of-binary-asteroidsvia iterated surface integral (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2025) The Radio Science Experiment on Hera, Juventas and Milani (Space Science Reviews, 2025) Rotational lightcurves of Dimorphos and constraints on its post-DART impact...