Studying the first crater ever made by humans ☄️ #shorts
Our Hera spacecraft will soon start its journey to the distant asteroid moon Dimorphos orbiting around its parent body Didymos.
One of the first features Hera will look for is the crater left on Dimorphos by its predecessor mission DART, which impacted the asteroid to deflect its orbit.
Yet, more recent impact simulations suggest no crater will be found. The DART impact is likely to have remodelled the entire body instead – a significant finding for both asteroid science and planetary defence.
📸 ESA – European Space Agency
📹 ESA/NASA
#ESA #HeraMission #Asteroid
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Can't wait for 2026. Thank you ESA❤
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First one ever made by humans? What about the craters of the third stages of the Saturn V rockets that hit the moon in the 1970s?
Built in Bremen by OHB 😊 It's absolutely weird that Hera was not even a kilometre away from me.
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