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Hera Asteroid Spacecraft Fully Assembled

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Tom Patton
Aug 28, 2023
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The Hera asteroid spacecraft is complete. ESA’s mission for planetary defense was built and prepared in two halves, but now, through a painstaking operation, they have been mated together to make a single spacecraft, ready for full-scale testing of its readiness for space.

“Previously we had these two modules, now you can say the spacecraft has been born…

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