Dimorphos in sight: Europe's Hera probe gets its 1st look at battered space rock (photo)
Europe's Hera planetary defense spacecraft is closing in on the binary asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART deflection test, and can now tell the two rocky bodies apart.
Source：Space.com
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