NASA Selects 12 Scientists for ESA’s Hera Mission to Study Binary Asteroid System

NASA has selected 12 participating scientists to join ESA’s Hera mission, which aims to study the binary asteroid system Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos. The mission, scheduled to launch in 2024, seeks to validate the kinetic impact method for deflecting asteroids on potential collision courses with Earth. The collaboration between NASA and ESA will gather crucial data on the bodies’ composition and assess changes caused by the DART spacecraft’s impact.