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ESA's Hera mission

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ESA's Hera mission

@ESA_Hera

Part of the first test of asteroid deflection. Launched 7 October 2024 on a mission to the binary asteroid system Didymos. #HeraMission #PlanetaryDefence

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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
Jun 9
🛰️I'm currently speeding my way thru deep space to the Dimorphos🪨asteroid, the only Solar System body whose orbit has been shifted by human action - when NASA's DART spacecraft💥impacted it - to check what happened to it next! See where I am right now: whereis.space/hera/
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
Jun 10
At tomorrow's @UNOOSA Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna, representatives of @JAXA_en, @ASI_spazio and @esa come together for a breakfast panel to present Hera's sister mission Ramses
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ESA's Hera mission reposted
ESA Operations
@esaoperations
Jun 1
Saturday’s sonic boom heard over Boston was due to an airbursting meteor, as confirmed by US weather satellite GOES-19. A European geostationary weather sat performs a comparable skywatch, read more here: esa.int/Space_Safety/F…
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
May 29
Everything you wanted to know about asteroids but were afraid to ask... ! Hera Principal Investigator Patrick Michel has a new book out on planetary defence & asteroids - in 🇫🇷 - odilejacob.fr/catalogue/scie…
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
May 21
Congratulations to @NASA's @MissionToPsyche for their spectacular Mars flyby. The images brought back memories of our visit last year - asteroid missions like Mars; its gravity comes in handy for modifying course!
Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon
From esa.int
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
May 12
The international #HeraMission science community is meeting at Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 this week, preparing for Hera's arrival in 6 months time to the Dimorphos asteroid orbiting the larger Didymos, to see how it was transformed by the impact of @NASA's spacecraft back in 2022
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
May 7
Hera is part of ESA's Space Safety programme, protecting our planet, people & infrastructure from space hazards. 🚨Last call! 🚨On 16 June our Space Safety Industry Day at #ESTEC in 🇳🇱 shares how European industry can partner in our work - come join us! 👉
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
Mar 17
A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA’s Hera spacecraft on course for arrival at the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year! At Didymos, Hera will help turn asteroid deflection into a reliable technique for protecting Earth 🛡️🌍 esa.int/Space_Safety/H…
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
Mar 10
Surprising new study on @NASA's DART mission collision in 2022: not only did it change the orbit of the smaller Dimorphos asteroid, but it also shifted the solar orbit of its parent body Didymos. Hera's arrival this autumn will reveal more: nasa.gov/missions/dart/…
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ESA's Hera mission reposted
European Space Agency
@esa
Dec 10, 2025
#ESAhighlights 2025 is out now. 👀 Read our free ESA Highlights magazine, summarising a complete year of space activity in impactful images and in-depth articles. 📅 👇esa.int/About_Us/ESA_P…
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ESA Technology
@ESA_Tech
Oct 20, 2025
Replying to @ESA_Tech
Check out ESA's 50 milestone achievements during our first half century in our ESA Delivers brochure: esa.int/About_Us/ESA_P…
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ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_Hera
Oct 7, 2025
One year ago #HeraMission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. 12 months later sees it cruising on the far side of the Sun. Learn the story of Hera in space: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
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ESA's Hera mission reposted
ESA Operations
@esaoperations
Aug 27, 2025
ESA welcomes JAXA's interest in participating in the Ramses mission to the asteroid Apophis, which will make a safe but exceptionally rare and scientifically valuable flyby of Earth in April 2029.
ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration
From esa.int
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