Miami, Oct 7, 2024 (AFP) - Europe's asteroid mission Hera launches despite hurricane

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2024-10-07

Europe's Hera probe launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences. Despite fears that an approaching hurricane could delay the launch, the probe blasted off on a SpaceX rocket into cloudy skies from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida just before 11:00 am local time (1500 GMT). Hera's mission is to investigate the aftermath of......

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