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ESA considers the next step in assessing the risk from Near-Earth Objects

14 July 2004

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Hidalgo impacts with the asteroid while Sancho, with an attitude appropriate to its name, retreats to a safe distance to observe the impact without taking unnecessary risk.

Credits: ESA/Deimos Space

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Artist's impression of the Don Quijote Mission.

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Hidalgo impacts with the asteroid while Sancho, with an attitude appropriate to its name, retreats to a safe distance to observe the impact without taking unnecessary risk.

Credits: ESA/Deimos Space

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