A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
- The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft began a two-year journey to the harmless asteroid impacted by NASA, aiding planetary defense testing.
- NASA's 2022 Dart crash altered Dimorphos' orbit, indicating a method to redirect dangerous asteroids if needed.
- Hera, equipped with science instruments, will pass Mars in 2025 and reach Dimorphos by late 2026, 120 million miles from Earth.
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