ESA’s Hera Completes Critical Deep-Space Braking for Didymos Rendezvous
ESA’s Hera spacecraft has completed the first of two major braking burns, a 93-minute firing of three thrusters to slow its approach to Didymos and Dimorphos. The European Space Agency confirmed the next day that the maneuver stayed within expected parameters. A second burn is scheduled for October 22; together, the operations should bring Hera … Read more