A spacecraft named Dart zeroed in on the asteroid, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock — demonstrating that…
Continue ReadingSpace probe flies by Venus on way to Mercury
A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on October 15, 2020, using Earth’s neighbor to adjust its course on the way to solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched almost two years ago, the European-Japanese probe BepiColombo took a…
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