ESA’s Hera Mission Hits the Brakes for Crucial Asteroid Rendezvous
hitechexpert.topAfter two years of high-speed travel since its launch in October 2026, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft is undertaking its most critical maneuver yet: a series of sustained braking burns.
This intricate process is essential for Hera to precisely slow down and match the velocity of its target asteroid system, Didymos and Dimorphos, paving the way for its groundbreaking planetary defense investigation.
