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ESA's Hera Mission to Inspect Asteroid Hit by DART
Original: ESA's Hera Will View Asteroid Scars from DART's Strike
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is set to rendezvous with the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe deliberately crashed into in 2022 in humanity's first planetary defense test. Hera will survey the impact crater and measure how the collision altered the asteroid's orbit and structure, providing data on whether deflection techniques could protect Earth from future asteroid threats.
Why now: Interest in planetary defense is high as Hera approaches Dimorphos to assess the aftermath of NASA's DART impact test.
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- ESA's Hera Will View Asteroid Scars from DART's Strike · rbanffy · 72
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