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Hera’s incredible adventures in LEGO
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_s_incredible_adventures_in_LEGO
Published: March 13, 2025 11:33
After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commissioned the building of a detailed…
Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
Published: March 13, 2025 10:59
While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the surface of the red planet as well as…
Sped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/03/Sped-up_simulation_of_Hera_s_Mars_flyby
Published: March 11, 2025 09:30
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On 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by months and…
Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Watch_live_Images_from_Hera_s_Mars_flyby
Published: March 10, 2025 13:49
Join us live for a star-studded event this Thursday, as scientists working on ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence release the mission’s first scientific observations beyond the Earth-Moon system, following its imminent flyby of Mars.
Hera Mars flyby
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/03/Hera_Mars_flyby
Published: March 10, 2025 11:23
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Hera Mars flyby
Hera: Target Deimos
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/03/Hera_Target_Deimos
Published: March 10, 2025 11:21
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Hera: Target Deimos
Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Solar_Orbiter_ready_for_close_encounter_with_Venus
Published: February 18, 2025 09:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far.Today’s flyby will be the first to significantly ‘tilt’ the spacecraft’s orbit and allow it to see the Sun’s polar…
Downlinking satellite data from space to the cloud
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Ground_Systems_Engineering/Downlinking_satellite_data_from_space_to_the_cloud
Published: January 22, 2025 09:00
In October 2024, NASA and ESA carried out a series of system trials to test the transmission of data from ESA ground stations to Amazon Web Service servers.
Malargüe: A satellite dish best served cold
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/ESA_Ground_Stations/Malarguee_A_satellite_dish_best_served_cold
Published: January 17, 2025 14:20
A capacity increase by almost 80%! In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will allow missions to send much more data back to Earth.
ESA to support Indian human spaceflight missions
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/ESA_to_support_Indian_human_spaceflight_missions
Published: December 12, 2024 09:00
On 4 December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed an agreement that will see ESA provide ground station support to the missions in ISRO’s Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme.