This spacecraft is headed to NASA's asteroid-crash aftermath — but first, it'll stop by Mars
During a gravity assist with Mars, Hera will study the moon Deimos.
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This spacecraft is headed to NASA's asteroid-crash aftermath — but first, it'll stop by Mars
ESA's Hera spacecraft is currently headed toward the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid-deflection test. But first, it'll stop by Mars to study the Martian moon Deimos.
Source: space.com
Phobos might have the remnants of Mars' atmosphere on its surface
Runaway ions from Mars may prove or disprove the idea that Mars was once much more Earthlike, with a thick atmosphere and liquid water on its surface. There could have even been some sort of life. Whatever is left of the Red Planet’s atmosphere (if you could even call it that) has less than one percent of Earth’s atmospheric density. Phobos is thought to have collected quite a few ions from Mars because it orbits extremely close to the planet. Because it is tidally locked, like our Moon, so one side is always facing Mars. That side has been exposed to anywhere from 20 to 100 times more io...
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