What’s new with Hera?
Hera is an European Space Agency planetary defence mission studying the binary asteroid pair, Didymos-Dimorphos. Hera’s aim is to study the asteroids and monitor the efficiency of the first-ever asteroid deflection test, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)-mission, which collided with Dimorphos in 2022.
Hera started its approach of the asteroid pair in October 2026 and will start science observations in November 2026.
On this page, you can find the latest Hera images and news.
Newest images from Hera:
Hera’s first close-up view of Didymos asteroids
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has acquired its first close-up image of the Didymos binary asteroid system! In this image, acquired by Hera’s monochromatic Asteroid Framing Camera from 60 km away, most of the 151-m diameter Dimorphos asteroid is hidden by a shadow, but the 780-m diameter Didymos asteroid that the…
Hera: first images of didymos-dimorphos asteroid system
European Space Agency Spacecraft Hera has taken its first images of its targets: the binary asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos. Hera is an European Space Agency planetary defense mission with an aim to monitor the efficiency of the first-ever asteroid deflection test. The target of the Hera mission is a binary asteroid pair, Didymos – Dimorphos,…
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European Space Agency: 10 asteroid mysteries that Hera will explore
More Hera news:
Hera’s first close-up view of Didymos asteroids
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has acquired its first close-up image of the Didymos binary asteroid system! In this image, acquired by Hera’s monochromatic Asteroid Framing Camera from 60 km away, most of the 151-m diameter Dimorphos asteroid is hidden by a shadow, but the 780-m diameter Didymos asteroid that the…
Hera: first images of didymos-dimorphos asteroid system
European Space Agency Spacecraft Hera has taken its first images of its targets: the binary asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos. Hera is an European Space Agency planetary defense mission with an aim to monitor the efficiency of the first-ever asteroid deflection test. The target of the Hera mission is a binary asteroid pair, Didymos – Dimorphos,…
Pori Space Lab & ESA planetary defense mission: Hera
Hera is an European Space Agency planetary defense mission with an aim to monitor the efficiency of the first-ever asteroid deflection test. The target of the Hera mission is a binary asteroid pair, Didymos – Dimorphos. Dimorphos was the first object in the Solar System to have its orbit measurably shifted by humanity when NASA’s…