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The incredible adventures of the Hera mission – Creating a crater
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- Title The incredible adventures of the Hera mission – Creating a crater
- Released: 22/09/2022
- Length 00:02:36
- Language English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Footage Type Documentary
- Copyright ESA/Science Office
- Description
Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two small CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical of the thousands that pose an impact risk to planet Earth.
Suitable for space enthusiasts young and old, this episode of ‘The incredible adventures of the Hera mission’ is all about craters. What are they? Why are they important? Why is NASA’s DART spacecraft about to collide with an asteroid to create the Solar System’s newest – and perhaps most important – crater? And why do we need Hera to unveil the secrets of this crater?
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