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.

Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars ... Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos, but because Phobos is closer to Mars, it has been previously imaged by other spacecraft.

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with Hera because the signal was blocked. Though the blackout was planned for the ...

ISAE-SUPAERO is actively collaborating in the international Hera probe program through the research work of Naomi Murdoch and the SSPA team. The probe, which is en route to study the asteroid ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby ... of Mars' two moons and land on Phobos, the larger lunar body, to collect a sample ...

Phobos, the larger moon, has a diameter of 17 by 14 by 11 miles (27 by 22 by 18 km), while Deimos comes in at 9 by 7 by 6.8 miles (15 by 12 by 11 km). While passing in the vicinity of Mars ...

capturing unprecedented images of Mars' lesser-known moon, Deimos. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but scientists know relatively little about them, especially the smaller one, Deimos.

The lumpy, 12.5 kilometer-wide moon is the smaller and less well-known of the two moons of Mars. Exactly how Deimos and the bigger Phobos were formed remains a matter of debate. Some scientists ...