Successful launch of European Hera mission: Dutch high-tech examines damaged space rock

Can space technology protect us if an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth? That is one of the questions that ESA's new space mission Hera must answer. The space probe, packed with Dutch technology, was successfully launched on Monday, October 7.

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HERA and CubeSat connected with inter-satellite links © ESA-Science Office
HERA and CubeSat connected with inter-satellite links © ESA-Science Office