The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a specially radiation-hardened computer to control its Hera deep-space probe on its task to observe the effects of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission. Scheduled to launch in October 2023, Hera will be controlled by an autonomous computer that can operate in the radioactive environment of interplanetary space 490 million km (304 million mi) away from Earth for a period of four years.
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