ESA's space probe performs Mars flyby for planetary defense

ESA's space probe performs Mars flyby for planetary defense<br /><br />The European Space Agency (ESA) presents images gathered by its space probe Hera on March 13, 2025, which performed a flyby of Mars a day earlier. The flyby of Mars enabled the space probe to be 'slingshot' in the direction of its final destination, the asteroids Dimorphos and the larger Didymos, said the project's manager, Ian Carnelli. The purpose of ESA’s Hera asteroid mission is to model out a defense system and make asteroid deflection into a 'well understood and repeatable technique,' according to ESA. Carnelli, ESA project manager, says there are more than 100 million asteroids in the solar system, of which 30,000 are currently tracked as potentially dangerous.<br /><br />ESA/REUTERS<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br /> <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#tmtnews<br />#mars<br />#spacemission