NASA has selected 12 participating scientists to join ESA’s (European Space Agency) Hera mission, which is scheduled to launch in October 2024. Hera will study the binary asteroid system Didymos, including the moonlet Dimorphos, which was impacted by NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft on Sept. 26, 2022. The objectives of DART and Hera […]
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Asteroids, DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), Missions, Planetary Science, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, The Solar System
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June 25, 2024
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