After DART comes Hera

The night of 26 September 2022 will make space history - as the moment when @NASA's DART spacecraft impacts the Dimorphos asteroid in an attempt to divert its course - humankind's first planetary defence test. Next, in 2024, ESA launches its Hera spacecraft to investigate the post-impact asteroid. In fact, Hera is not one spacecraft but three: it carries with it ESA's first deep-space CubeSats to make extra observations of its target.
With the Hera mission, ESA is assuming even greater responsibility for protecting our planet and ensuring that Europe plays a leading role in the common effort to tackle asteroid risks.
In this video, Ian Carnelli, Hera mission manager, and members of the Hera team, reflect on the DART impact and introduce Hera and its Milani and Juventas CubeSats.
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[@dcf476]

This is AWESOME!! Today's effort was an amazing success for all involved, a Big thumbs up to SpaceX for such a great shot too, their launch and release was so spot on that flight adjustments weren't required to hit the target, that's pretty darn cool! 👍👍

[@subnet001]

I think it's a shame the AIM/DART mission fell apart. Wouldn't it be preferential to have the orbiter in place before the impact?

[@thisisnotajoke]

yeah, that would have been really awesome!

[@TimD.Morand]

Launch in 2024? Aww.. I thought HERA was already just around the corner and ready to do some science right after the DART impact.

[@heldersilva6672]

That's what I was also thinking. 😐

[@dcf476]

Nah HERA will launch in 2024, today's cubesat didn't have a name really, on some pages they say LICIACube👍

[@dcf476]

Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids, or LICIACube

[@constantinsavu5301]

Well, in terms of space octomber 2024 is right around the corner.

[@dcf476]

@@constantinsavu5301 true true, if you sneezed right now it'll be christmas by the time you regain your composure! Time is going too fast lately!

[@FooPanda]

Cheers on the success on the 26th :)

[@ptonpc]

Good luck and safe flight Hera.

[@amangogna68]

Great video !

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Thank you for watching!

[@queendoubleboy]

❤️🖌️

[@technology2062]

Juventus and Milani.. You might as well just stamp ‘Forza Italia’ in bold neon lettering :). Buona Fortuna!

[@sgt.monkolphotakul7478]

Hi เห็นรูปแล้ว มันบันทึกไม่ได้ แชร์ก็ไม่ได้นะ ไม่มีเครื่องหมายบอกเลยนะ

[@user-ly1sx8ci8z]

🎩

[@JaviMoralesKart]

2024??? Two years late. I don't understand why space agencies forget about marketing. I thought a "space GoPro" was already there in orbit.

[@nebelparder9]

There is, it is just another CubeSat that is called LICIACube. But yes it is a pitty that the Hera (or AIM, how it was called originally) was not made possible as early as originally intended.

[@sgt.monkolphotakul7478]

Hi โอมันตั้ง10 กว่าปีแล้ว "กว่าถั่วจะสุก เม็ดงาก็ไหม้แล้ว!" เอามาขั้วไฟรวมกันนะ เท่าเนี้ย ยังดีมีความหวังไว้ ได้แน่งัยละ จะอดทนต่อ ก่อนตาย lol lol lol Hi

[@claudiuclaus4819]

Perhaps it would have been better to land on it and push it instead of shooting it, to prevent all the debris. The army is probably already doing this.

[@ScotsmanGamer]

Just shows they never really had faith in DART actually doing it's job if this was not ready for launch right after it!?!?!

[@thomaswijgerse723]

Here and Dart were supposed to launch at roughly the same time, but Hera was delayed, and it was chosen to not delay dart but just sent it alone instead and sent here afterwards.

[@ladydustin7811]

The reason was that originally Hera didn’t get funding. So the problem was money.

[@PipinhoSnow]

ok

[@RAMON-mm1io]

✍️

[@princeindrajitlawlaha7027]

! 💝 💯 👏 🎉 🙏 🚀 👍 🤖 🎅 ✝ 🌝 !

[@sgt.monkolphotakul7478]

Hi แค่เสียงฟ้าร้อง ลมแรง ทะเลแรง ฟ้าผ่าลงดิน งานนี้ไม่รอดแน่ มีแสงยิงอีก แล้วกูจะไปหลบที่ไหนดีละ ที่เลขล๊อตเจอร์รี่ รางวัลที่1 ห้าใบนะไม่เห็นทำให้สักที่ ก็มันมองเห็นเลขในใบล๊อตเตอร์รี่นะ จริง จริง เคยส่งให้มันดูแล้วมันเห็นนะ ไม่โกหกหลอกจริง