On its way to the Didymos double asteroid system ESA spacecraft Hera has successfully captured images of distant asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. This was done with the Asteroid Framing Camera (AFC) – a navigational and scientific instrument meant to guide the spacecraft during its approach to its mission target, next year.
Hera Spacecraft Captures Distant Asteroids with Caeleste’s Faintstar2 Sensor









