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Photo of spacecraft Hera gliding past the asteroid Didymos
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ESA’s Hera Mission Joins NASA’s DART in Groundbreaking Planetary Defense Efforts

October 24, 2023
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The Hera mission The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing a space vehicle called Hera, planned to launch in October 2024. The Hera mission’s main goal is to learn more about the Didymos binary asteroid system, which consists of the asteroid Didymos and its smaller moon Dimorphos. [more…]

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