This still image taken from a European Space Agency broadcast and made available by ESA shows the lift off of SpaceX Falcon 9's ESA Hera mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, on October 7, 2024. A European mission to investigate an asteroid hit by the first test of Earth's planetary defences blasted off on October 7, 2024 despite a hurricane bearing down on Florida. A broadcast by the European Space Agency showed the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching into cloudy skies from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida, where Hurricane Milton has forced evacuations ahead of expected landfall on October 9. (Photo by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / ESA / " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)