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ESA Space Engineering & Technology
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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…
The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The cosmic roadtrip
Published: March 12, 2025 13:00
Video: 00:03:21 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical of the…
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
Video: 00:02:43 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…
Hera asteroid mission’s Mars flyby
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/03/Hera_asteroid_mission_s_Mars_flyby
Published: March 10, 2025 15:00
Video: 00:01:36 On Wednesday 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 its final destination of the Didymos binary asteroid system,…
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
Image: Hera Mars flyby
Hera: Target Deimos
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/03/Hera_Target_Deimos
Published: March 10, 2025 11:21
Image: Hera: Target Deimos
Close-up of Proba-3’s Coronagraph, ready to dance
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/03/Close-up_of_Proba-3_s_Coronagraph_ready_to_dance
Published: March 7, 2025 13:03
Image: Close-up of Proba-3’s Coronagraph, ready to dance
When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch
Published: March 6, 2025 13:00
At the European Space Agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands, engineers have spent the last five months unboxing and testing elements of Europe’s next space science mission. With the two main parts now joined together, Smile is well on its way to…
Student teams explore ESA’s robotics labs
Published: March 6, 2025 10:00
To kick off this year’s ESA Academy Experiments programme, five university student teams from across Europe were invited to visit the experimental test facilities at ESTEC – ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands – and Novespace, France.
Growing Algae on Mars
Published: March 6, 2025 07:57
It's a long way to Mars, and explorers headed there will either have to take enough food and supplies to last the whole trip or use in-situ resources to make what they need. A recent ESA Discovery project led by the Universitat de València explored whether…
Metal made in space lands on Earth
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/02/Metal_made_in_space_lands_on_Earth
Published: February 27, 2025 09:00
Image: The first metal 3D part ever created on orbit has landed on Earth. The sample was produced in ESA’s Metal 3D Printer on the International Space Station. Now, it’s on Earth for the first time, at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands (ESTEC).…
ESA seeks companies to commercialise inventions
Published: February 26, 2025 09:13
Year after year, ESA creates new technologies and applications, typically filing 10 new patent applications per year. As a result, ESA has built a portfolio of around 550 patents and patent applications to date. Now, through a permanent open call,…