Europe's Hera mission, on its way to the Didymos–Dimorphos double asteroid system, has performed a close flyby of Mars, receiving a crucial gravitational slingshot, testing some of its instruments, ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's ...

They can come from other solar systems, for example ejected into interstellar space by collisions or subjected to the gravitational slingshot effect of a planet or star. Cole Gregg, a PhD student in ...

After visiting three more Trojan asteroids in the Greek camp, Lucy will actually head back to Earth in 2030 to receive a gravitational slingshot towards the "Trojan camp" at Jupiter's L5 point in ...

In official speak, that's called gravity assist maneuver, and a spectacular one is about to take place this weekend. On October 14, 2024, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched one of the most ...

Credit: ESA Europe's Hera mission, on its way to the Didymos–Dimorphos double asteroid system, has performed a close flyby of Mars, receiving a crucial gravitational slingshot, testing some of ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's Kennedy ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars. Europe's Hera mission, on its way to the Didymos ...