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What's New in Lunar & Planetary Science

The European Space Agency Heramission to the Didymos / Dimorphos asteroid system to visit the impact site of the DARTmission is scheduled to launch on October 7 at 14:52 UT (10:52 a.m. EDT).

Launch of the NASA Europa Clippermission to explore Jupiter's 4th largest moon is set for October 10 at 16:31 UT (12:31 p.m. EDT).

Launch of the EscaPADEdual spacecraft mission to Mars has been postponed from its original window opening October 13 to no earlier than spring of 2025. For more information,see the NASA EscaPADE blog.