# Hera probe gets 1st good look at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026

Hera probe gets 1st good look at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026

via [Space.com](https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/hera-probe-gets-1st-good-luck-at-asteroid-system-clobbered-by-nasas-dart-mission-space-photo-of-the-day-for-nov-6-2026)

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft got its first close-up look at the Didymos binary asteroid system. The image, released on November 5, 2026, shows the main asteroid Didymos and a sliver of its moonlet Dimorphos. The Didymos system was previously impacted by NASA's DART spacecraft in September 2022.

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Updated: 2026-11-06T23:00:49.172Z