autoevolution July 13, 2026 • 15:41

Spacecraft Heading for Asteroid NASA Slapped so Hard It Changed Its Orbit Gets Crucial OTA Update - autoevolution

By Daniel Patrascu

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced it remotely updated the software of the Hera spacecraft currently en-route to 65803 Didymos.

Without meaning to, a binary system of asteroids floating around millions of miles from Earth has become the object of desire for the most powerful space agencies on Earth. The first one, NASA, shot … [+4786 chars]

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Spacecraft Heading for Asteroid NASA Slapped so Hard It Changed Its Orbit Gets Crucial OTA Update - autoevolution

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