Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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The liftoff of ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence is only the start… Its launch will be followed by a two-year cruise to the Didymos binary asteroid system. Next will come a sequence of deep space manoeuvres, including a swingby of Mars to acquire extra velocity to aid the rendezvous with Didymos.

Credits: ESA - European Space Agency

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