8 octobre 2024 | International, Aérospatial, C4ISR

Europe launches space mission in defense against city-killer asteroids

The Hera mission will investigate the result of NASA’s asteroid redirection test, in which the U.S. agency rammed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/10/08/europe-launches-space-mission-in-defense-against-city-killer-asteroids/

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