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ESA’s Hera mission set to rendezvous with Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid pair in November

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The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is due to reach the binary asteroid pair in November, traveling at about 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth. The rendezvous will mark a milestone for the mission as it approaches Didymos and its moonlet, Dimorphos.

Discovered 2026-10-13T08:55:02.306557-07:00 | 2026-10-13T08:55:02.306557-07:00

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  • Hera’s planned rendezvous brings a European spacecraft to a binary asteroid system, a significant mission milestone.
  • The mission’s arrival will provide a close-up investigation of Didymos and Dimorphos; the article gives its speed relative to Earth as about 12 kilometers per second.

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