GoKawiilESA's Hera Spacecraft Nears Flyby of Asteroids Hit by NASA's DART Mission
ESA's Hera spacecraft, launched in October 2024, is set to rendezvous next month with the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid pair that NASA's DART mission struck in 2022. The probe has already captured images of Didymos, though the asteroids currently appear as only a few pixels in its camera. Hera will examine the aftermath of DART's impact, which shortened Dimorphos's orbital period around Didymos by roughly 32 minutes.