ESA's Hera mission
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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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Space can be a dangerous place – which is why we need the Guardians of Earth! @DrBrianMay of @QueenWillRock introduces the free VR app from Italian startup DIVE. This showcases the @ESA_Hera mission, following up on NASA’s asteroid-impacting #DARTmission. VR headset users can peer inside Hera & trace its journey through space!
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Happy holidays from @ESA_Hera! This Christmas you can enjoy two free gifts from Europe’s asteroid mission for planetary defence... Talk ‘directly’ to Hera using the AI-powered Hera Space Companion and anyone with Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3 or 3S VR glasses can download the new Guardians of Earth app to have the spacecraft turn up in your living room!
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This Christmas, how would you like your own full-size @ESA_Hera spacecraft? Anyone with an Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3 or 3S VR headset can download the free Guardians of Earth app from Italian startup DIVE, to peer within the virtual spacecraft, assemble its elements & follow its journey through space to its target asteroid
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@BenHsiao0522 @esaoperations @ESA_Tech @esa Thank you very much for the feedback! We will notify the dev team.
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And take a look at real telemetry from systems such as Hera’s orbital control thrusters, where you can clearly see evidence of the spacecraft’s first deep-space manoeuvre on 23 October and 6 November!
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RT @esaoperations: Full speed ahead! @ESA_Hera has completed its first deep-space manoeuvre and is heading towards Mars for a gravity assis…
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As #HeraMission sped away from its homeworld it witnessed the Moon orbiting Earth. In this sequence, acquired by @JAXA's TIRI infrared imager from 10 to 15 Oct, the Moon shifts from a half to full-Moon & Earth shrinks as Hera moves from 1.4 to 3.8 million km away
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Especially for 💀 #Halloween, this spooky multiplicity of planet Earths comes from #HeraMission’s HyperScout H hyperspectral imager, using a 'TwilightShifted' colour palette to highlight clouds seen from nearly 2 million km away
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RT @esaoperations: Six not-so-spooky asteroids will pass us by this Halloween 🎃☄️ Small asteroids pass Earth every day. None of the six kn…
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🎃Happy Heraween! Robots in disguise: our #HeraMission asteroid detective plus her CubeSat buddies – rock decoder Milani & Juventas the radar visionary – dressed up for #Halloween! See them out of costume in The Incredible Adventures of the Hera Mission series!
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RT @esaoperations: @ESA_Hera is off to Dimorphos! 🛰️🪨 The Didymos/Dimorphos binary asteroid system will be the first to be visited twice b…
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RT @deepbluedot: Only few people know how challenging these CubeSat projects were. They had to face incredible challenges to preserve #Hera…
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"Are you alive?" The two CubeSat passengers aboard #HeraMission have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming nominal status. The shoebox-sized pair were switched on to check out all their systems in deep space
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RT @esaoperations: Hera's first deep space manoeuvre is underway! On 23 October, @ESA_Hera fired its three orbital control thrusters for ~…
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The people who made #HeraMission: Alain Hérique, responsible for the Juventas CubeSat's asteroid-probing radar, explains his role in his own words (in 🇫🇷 with 🇬🇧 subtitles) #SpaceTeamEurope
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