The Journal of Space Commerce

The Journal of Space Commerce

Glimpses of Hera's Target Asteroids Inspire New Science

DART Collects Nearly Six Minutes of Close-Range Video

Tom Patton's avatar
Tom Patton
Aug 06, 2024
∙ Paid
Share
Artists Conceptualization Hera Approaches Dimorphos

As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defense completes its pre-launch testing, its target asteroids have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own. A special issue of Nature Communications published last week presents studies of the Didymos asteroid and its Dimorphos moon, based on the roughly five …

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The Journal of Space Commerce to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Ex Terra Media, LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture