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In 2022, NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos and shifted its orbit by 32 minutes — 25 times more than the mission needed to call itself a success. Nobody can fully explain why it worked that well. Four years later, ESA's Hera probe is heading to the scene to measure the damage and find out.
In September 2022, NASA's DART probe slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos and shortened its orbit by 32 minutes. Now ESA's Hera is closing in on the same rock in November 2026 to check the results. SORABUMI explains why planetary defense needs a two-step approach.
In 2022, NASA slammed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos and changed its orbit — the first time humanity had ever deflected a space rock. Now ESA's Hera mission is heading there to examine the aftermath. Here's how far planetary defense has come.