2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
Hera
Launched to examine the outcome of DART’s asteroid deflection.
Era 6 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 7 Oct 2024
- Lead / partner
- ESA
- Target
- Asteroid Dimorphos
- Category
- Planetary-defence mission
- Status
- In transit
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061-23
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Hera flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of ESA's work toward asteroid dimorphos. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Launched to examine the outcome of DART’s asteroid deflection.
Results
Launched to examine the outcome of DART’s asteroid deflection.
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Sources & image credits
- Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Beno, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · license: cc-by-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
