The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis.

The asteroid 99942 Apophis, discovered in 2004, will come extremely close to Earth in 2029. With a diameter of around 350 metres, it would have extreme consequences in the event of an impact. Although ...

There's time pressure on RAMSES, since it needs to be launched in time to meet 99942 Apophis when it whizzes within 33,000 km of Earth in 2029. Once there, RAMSES will figure out how the Earth's ...

The findings from Hera will go hand-in-hand with the Esa’s Ramses mission in 2029 which will meet up with the asteroid 99942 Apophis and accompany it through its safe but exceptionally close ...

The findings from Hera will go hand-in-hand with the Esa’s Ramses mission in 2029 which will meet up with the asteroid 99942 Apophis and accompany it through its safe but exceptionally close flyby of ...

A rocket has blasted off into space on a mission to discover what happened when a spacecraft intentionally crashed into a small asteroid. Hera is a planetary defence mission from the European ...

Ramses will rendezvous with the asteroid 99942 Apophis as shadow it as it makes a close flyby of Earth in 2029. At the moment, though, the team is focused on getting Hera off the ground.