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ESA's Hera Probe to Inspect DART's Asteroid Impact Site
Original: ESA's Hera Will View Asteroid Scars from DART's Strike
ESA's Hera spacecraft is set to rendezvous with the asteroid Dimorphos, where NASA's DART mission deliberately crashed in 2022 as the first test of planetary defense. Hera will survey the crater left by the impact and measure how much the collision altered the asteroid's orbit and structure. The mission is drawing attention as a key follow-up to humanity's first attempt to deflect an asteroid.
Why now: Interest in planetary defense is high as Hera prepares to study the aftermath of NASA's DART impact on Dimorphos.
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- ESA's Hera Will View Asteroid Scars from DART's Strike · rbanffy · 73
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