Hera leaves Europe

On 2—3 September 2024, ESA’s Hera asteroid explorer spacecraft was flown from Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany, to the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, USA, inside an Antonov AN-124 cargo aircraft. Hera will launch from Cape Canaveral, USA, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in early October 2024.

See more images and footage from the flight on the @ESA_Hera X channel and on Flickr.