Brake! Time for ESA’s Hera asteroid mission to go slow

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by NASA / ESA / JAXA at 07 Oct, 12:33 UTC

Launched two years ago today, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has been hurtling away from Earth ever since. The small-car-sized spacecraft is now preparing for its single most challenging activity since lift-off: the sustained braking manoeuvres to slow it down to…

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• T1Brake! Time for ESA’s Hera asteroid mission to go slowNASA / ESA / JAXA07 Oct, 12:33