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Hera Mars & Deimos Flyby
Mars & Deimos Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera
Hera is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission launched on 7 October 2024 to visit the asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as part of the NASA/ESA Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration. On 7 March 2025, it will fly by Mars (within 6000 km) and Deimos (~1000 km).
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 7, 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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