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Hera

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Hera is the first planetary defence spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Its primary mission objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted in 2022 by NASA's DART spacecraft and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid from a colliding trajectory with Earth. Hera has a mass of 1,128 kg (2,487 lb) and carries a payload of cameras, an altimeter, and a spectrometer....

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Hera is the first planetary defence spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Its primary mission objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted in 2022 by NASA's DART spacecraft and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid from a colliding trajectory with Earth. Hera has a mass of 1,128 kg (2,487 lb) and carries a payload of cameras, an altimeter, and a spectrometer....

Hero image for Hera — Pictured·Universetoday·Hera Aces A Massive Engine Burn On Its Way To Didymos

2026

Thermal infrared imager TIRI onboard Hera and RAMSES missions15 Jun 2026

VISTA: Dust and Volatile Sensor for the ESA Hera Mission15 Jun 2026

Hera Aces A Massive Engine Burn On Its Way To Didymos27 Mar 2026

2025

Hera And Europa Clipper Will Pass Through 3I/ATLAS' Tail21 Oct 2025

Prospects for the Crossing of Comet 3I/ATLAS's Ion Tail15 Oct 2025

Design, manufacturing, and assembly of the GRASS small body gravimeter spring1 Sep 2025

The Thermal InfraRed Imager on Hera15 Jun 2025

The Radio Science Experiment on Hera, Juventas and Milani15 Jun 2025

The Asteroid Spectral Imager (ASPECT) on the Milani CubeSat15 Jun 2025

Innovative Dutch Technology Captures Historic Image of Mars and Deimos During ESA's Hera Mission flyby17 Mar 2025

2024

Cubesats on Europe's Hera asteroid mission phone home after Oct. 7 launch30 Oct 2024

ESA's Hera Planetary Defence Probe Launched on SpaceX Falcon 98 Oct 2024

ESA's Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight7 Oct 2024

Hera Cubesats Trajectory Design and ConOps for Didymos Binary Asteroid Characterization7 Aug 2024

The ESA HERA Mission and Its Planetary Altimeter—Learning to Deflect Asteroids15 Jun 2024

Hera probe is tested in a vacuum chamber8 Mar 2024

2023

ESA Hera asteroid mission: HyperScout H delivered and undergoing spacecraft-level testing - cosine5 Dec 2023

Asteroid struck by NASA's DART probe to be radar-scanned with Hera mission11 Aug 2023

Precision Deployer To Put Hera’s CubeSats Into Asteroid Orbit1 Jul 2023

ESA tests tiny instrument to measure asteroid's tiny gravity29 May 2023

2022

ESA moves two missions to Falcon 920 Oct 2022

Hera15 Sep 2022

The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos15 Jul 2022

The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos1 Jul 2022

The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos12 Jun 2022

2018

European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission15 Oct 2018

2016

Science case for the Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM): A component of the Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission15 Jun 2016

2013

Physical properties of Near-Earth Objects that inform mitigation1 Sep 2013

Undated

Falcon 9 (Block 5) | Hera

ESA's Hera targets early arrival at Didymos asteroids

Planetary defence mission Hera heading for deflected asteroid

The Space Review: The trials and tribulations of Hera

Space Safety Programme at 2025 Ministerial Council

Asteroid-smashing NASA probe sent boulders into space

Hera's role in Planetary Defence

Hera's New Technology

AIDA mission rationale

OHB to build ESA's Hera asteroid mission

The story so far

DART Impactor Spacecraft

ESA's Hera asteroid mission is go

HERA Mission Science Team Working Groups

Hera asteroid spacecraft assembled

Hera asteroid mission hears the noise

Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining Hera asteroid mission

Radar journey to centre of Hera's asteroid with Juventas CubeSat

Hera leaves Europe

Hera asteroid mission spies Mars's Deimos moon

FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission

Hera's first images offer parting glimpse of Earth and Moon

Hera asteroid mission's CubeSat passengers signal home

Hera burns towards Mars

Hera asteroid mission's side-trip to Mars

Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars

First asteroid sightings push Hera's camera to the limit

Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous

NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - DetailsGOV

Hera facts and figures

Hera asteroid mission vs. absolutely nothing

The Asteroid Framing Camera

News Reader - An asteroid doesn't wait - Jena Optronik

Eyes on Hera: Asteroid mission's cameras ready

Hera's first images (HyperScout H)

Hera Mission Instruments

HeraMission Milani Cubesat

Hera's CubeSats

Hera Mission Juventas Cubesat

CAB, CSIC-INTA, participa en la primera misión espacial defensiva de la historia: la misión DART de la NASA, cuyo lanzamiento está previsto el 24 de noviembre

Así es Hera, el vigilante de asteroides peligrosos que tiene sello español

La Agencia Espacial Europea destina 14.400 millones para financiar misiones en la Luna y Marte

ADN de Galicia en la misión espacial para defender la Tierra de asteroides

The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – Presenting Hera

Hera planetary defence mission successfully launched

二重小惑星探査計画Hera探査機の打上げ成功

Hera Frequently Asked Questions