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The European Space Agency spacecraft Hera is successfully launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket by SpaceX

from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The spacecraft will study the asteroid 65803 Didymos and evaluate the impact of the earlier Double Asteroid Redirection Test.

Published October 7, 2024· Updated October 28, 2026·1 min read

Context: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The European Space Agency spacecraft Hera is successfully launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket by SpaceX from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The spacecraft will study the asteroid 65803 Didymos and evaluate the impact of the earlier Double Asteroid Redirection Test.

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2024-10-07).