ESA's Hera spacecraft gets first close-up look at Didymos asteroid system
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Space.com reports that the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft has gotten its first close-up look at the Didymos binary asteroid. The article was published on 6 November 2026.
Space.com reported on 6 November 2026 that the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft has gotten its first close-up look at the Didymos binary asteroid. The article, written by Robert Lea, describes Didymos as the first space rock system "punched" by humanity.
A binary asteroid is a system of two space rocks. The source text is only a short listing summary, so it gives no further detail about what Hera saw, how close the spacecraft came or what happens next. Those points are not covered here.
The report appeared in a list of Space.com stories from early November 2026. Other items in that list included a piece marking the 8 November 2005 launch of Europe's first mission to Venus, Venus Express. Another covered a SpaceX launch of a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California, which Space.com described as the company's 125th liftoff of 2026.
Readers who want more on the Hera observations will need to consult the full Space.com article, since the material available here does not go beyond the one-sentence description.
