Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The Hera spacecraft was launched into space aboard a SpaceX rocket on Monday (7/10).
Hera will begin a mission to reinvestigate an asteroid that was derailed by a collision with NASA’s DART spacecraft in 2022.
Hera’s visit to the asteroid Dimorphos is a new step in efforts to divert the asteroid’s path from Earth.
This effort is necessary to prevent damage to Earth that could be caused by these asteroids.
Dimorphos is a small moon of Didymos that is classified as a near-Earth asteroid.
The asteroid was hit by DART in September 2022 and changed the path and shape of Dimorphos.
2024-10-08 02:22:34
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