Cruise control: the team guiding Hera to its asteroid

ESA · August 13, 2026 · article

First the European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission separated from its launcher on 7 October 2024, next its lengthy ‘cruise phase’ began – the car-sized spacecraft’s journey through millions of kilometres of nothingness to converge on its rocky destination. — ESA

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