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ESA's Hera Mission Advances Planetary Defense with Asteroid Images

8/8/2025

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ESA's Hera mission has made a significant leap in planetary defense, capturing stunning images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Launched on October 7, 2024, Hera is on a vital journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system, seeking to refine techniques for deflecting asteroids after NASA's groundbreaking DART impact on Dimorphos.

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ESA's Hera mission has made a significant leap in planetary defense, capturing stunning images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Launched on October 7, 2024, Hera is on a vital journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system, seeking to refine techniques for deflecting asteroids after NASA's groundbreaking DART impact on Dimorphos.