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The European Space Agency plans to inspect asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos in two years as part of the Hera mission, which aims to characterize a near-Earth object for future deflection demonstrations. Hera, named after the Greek queen goddess, will launch in October 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket and is expected to reach the binary asteroid system in December 2026 or January 2027. The mission will involve measuring the mass of Didymos-B, characterizing Dimorphos, and investigating the DART impactor's crater in detail, among other objectives. [Extracted from the article] |
