{"id":112738,"date":"2024-10-09T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=112738"},"modified":"2024-10-09T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:18:43","slug":"spacex-successfully-launches-esas-hera-mission-for-asteroid-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/science\/112738-spacex-successfully-launches-esas-hera-mission-for-asteroid-study\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Successfully Launches ESA&#8217;s Hera Mission for Asteroid Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpaceX successfully launched the European Space Agency&#8217;s (ESA) Hera mission to interplanetary transfer orbit on Monday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time, Xinhua reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission aims to study the effects of NASA&#8217;s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on the Dimorphos asteroid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hera is a pioneering planetary defense initiative designed to gather crucial data for future asteroid deflection efforts. 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