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ESA has signed a contract with Hemeria worth €9.8 million to design, build and operate Swing, the Agency’s first space weather nanosatellite mission. Swing will aim at demonstrating the value of nanosatellites to gather space weather data and support the commercialisation trend in the New Space era.

Hemeria to implement ESA’s first space weather nanosatellit…

20/11/2024 201 views 1 likes

CubeSat Deep Space Deployers in Hera spacecraft

Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home

28/10/2024 3439 views 57 likes

ESA's Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis

ESA moves forward with Apophis mission preparations

17/10/2024 11304 views 117 likes

In-orbit servicing mission RISE

ESA to build first in-orbit servicing mission with D-Orbit

14/10/2024 4626 views 47 likes

Hera's first images (Asteroid Framing Camera - Earth)

Hera’s first images offer parting glimpse of Earth and Moon

14/10/2024 13185 views 137 likes

Members of the Hera operations team on launch day

Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come

10/10/2024 3663 views 52 likes

Planetary defence mission Hera heading for deflected astero…

07/10/2024 14254 views 39 likes

Hera launch animation still

Hera launch: how to watch

04/10/2024 19842 views 91 likes

ESA Space Debris project - Draco

Draco mission made for destruction

24/09/2024 4123 views 57 likes

ESA’s final observations of asteroid 2024 RW1

Asteroid 2024 RW1 impact – ESA analysis

09/09/2024 5690 views 18 likes

Debris from DART impact could reach Earth

06/09/2024 8414 views 49 likes

Hera departs ESA test centre

Goodbye Hera: asteroid mission departs ESA test centre

02/09/2024 1999 views 19 likes

Cluster satellite reentering Earth's atmosphere

Watching Salsa’s reentry live from the sky

26/08/2024 5404 views 31 likes

Hera glides past Didymos to Dimorphos

Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

31/07/2024 3715 views 51 likes

Hera inter-satellite link with Juventas CubeSat

Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with inter-linked radio

24/07/2024 1467 views 3 likes

Space Debris

ESA Space Environment Report 2024

19/07/2024 15144 views 50 likes

ESA's Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis

Introducing Ramses, ESA’s mission to asteroid Apophis

16/07/2024 25513 views 137 likes

Hera approaching Didymos asteroids

NASA selects US scientists to join ESA’s Hera mission

28/06/2024 977 views 1 likes

Hera's control team visits the spacecraft inside its cleanroom

Countdown to Hera: launch campaign begins at ESOC

27/06/2024 2611 views 24 likes

GOCE in orbit

Time to build zero-debris satellites

26/06/2024 3882 views 22 likes

Near-Earth objects

Two large asteroids safely pass Earth just 42 hours apart

24/06/2024 35022 views 42 likes

Hera and CubeSats in Maxwell chamber

Hera and its CubeSats speak with mission control

13/06/2024 2381 views 11 likes

Zero Debris key visual

Dozens of companies, institutions and NGOs sign the Zero De…

06/06/2024 2681 views 9 likes

Hera approaches Dimorphos

Virtual flying lessons for Hera asteroid mission

29/05/2024 2744 views 8 likes

Vigil warns Earth

Airbus to build ESA’s Vigil space weather forecasting missi…

22/05/2024 3740 views 11 likes

Zero Debris key visual

Twelve countries sign the Zero Debris Charter

22/05/2024 3628 views 16 likes

Aurora near Frankfurt, Germany, May 2024

The May 2024 solar storm: your questions answered

17/05/2024 21307 views 56 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Hera asteroid mission’s side-trip to Mars

25/04/2024 3385 views 34 likes

ClearSpace-1 with captured Vespa

ESA advances Clearspace-1 development

23/04/2024 2582 views 17 likes

Juventas CubeSat deployment

Radar journey to centre of Hera’s asteroid with Juventas Cu…

27/03/2024 2858 views 10 likes

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

‘Mother of Dragons’ comet visible in the night sky

26/03/2024 186952 views 124 likes

Milani CubeSat deployed from Hera asteroid mission

Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining Hera asteroid mission

14/03/2024 2970 views 19 likes

ISS batteries orbital ground track (latest)

Reentry of International Space Station (ISS) batteries into…

08/03/2024 143229 views 253 likes

Simulation of DART's impact on Dimorphos

DART impact might have reshaped Hera's target asteroid

26/02/2024 4927 views 47 likes

Largest flare of the current solar cycle as of 22 February 2024

Sun fires off largest flare of current solar cycle

23/02/2024 19781 views 76 likes

ERS-2 reenters Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean

21/02/2024 30978 views 71 likes

ERS-2 reentering the atmosphere: 14:43 UTC, 14 January 2024

ERS-2 spotted by other satellites during descent

19/02/2024 17180 views 58 likes

Chelyabinsk asteroid trail

10 years preparing for 'Armageddon'

08/02/2024 5236 views 45 likes

Asteroid 2024 BX1 tracked prior to impact

Asteroid 2024 BX1 spotted three hours before impact

25/01/2024 8112 views 26 likes

Zero Debris key visual

ESA leads the way towards a Zero Debris future

14/12/2023 4361 views 62 likes

Milani Patch Contest terms and conditions

13/12/2023 1317 views 1 likes

Milani patch contest

Design the patch for Hera’s Milani CubeSat

13/12/2023 4945 views 35 likes

Hera inside the LEAF acoustic chamber

Hera asteroid mission hears the noise

10/11/2023 5002 views 55 likes

The growing problem of space debris

World-first Zero Debris Charter goes live

06/11/2023 11426 views 57 likes

Final images of Aeolus during its brief phase as space debris

Final images before Aeolus demise

05/09/2023 19328 views 83 likes

Hera's Core Module lowered onto Propulsion Module

Hera asteroid spacecraft assembled

24/08/2023 5438 views 54 likes

ClearSpace-1 with captured Vespa

Objects detected in the vicinity of ClearSpace-1 debris rem…

22/08/2023 17160 views 92 likes

CLIP: Simulating Aeolus’s demise: a bird’s eye view

ESA’s Space Environment Report 2023

10/08/2023 22231 views 82 likes

Juventas studies asteroid's internal structure

Hera’s mini-radar will probe asteroid’s heart

10/08/2023 4739 views 65 likes

Dimorphos asteroid seen by DART

Imagine walking on Hera’s asteroid

30/06/2023 4479 views 78 likes

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