ESA's Hera Mission Targets Binary Asteroid Pair in November #Science #Space #SpaceExploration #hera #dimorphos #didymos #esa #asteroidmission

https://purescience.news/read?id=235791924122877952

The #Hera spacecraft is headed out to see what effect the 2022 planetary defense test had on asteroid #Dimorphos.

Hera’s maneuver this Thursday will slow it down to meet the #asteroid next month.

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📸 ESA Science Office.

La sonde #Hera a repéré pour la première fois sa destination finale #Dimorphos, à une distance approximative de 236 500 km.