Latest news and updates from the European Space Agency and hosted by Mariella Graziano, one of Europe’s active STEM outreach communicators and Director of Space Systems and Robotics department at Spanish company GMV, now deeply involved helping develop ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission. Guests will include scientists, astronomers and experts working to understand the fascinating science of asteroids and meteorites and the potential risks from asteroids that orbit near Earth (at European level and the Spanish contribution). Special programme segment may include astronauts explaining why we need to be aware of asteroid hazards towards our blue planet.

Guest speakers:

• Jesús Gil, ESA responsible for the Guidance, Navigation and Control system of the planetary defence mission HERA. 
• Julia Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, scientific operations engineer and astrophysicist at Aurora Technology BV for ESA.
• Daniel Marín, astrophysicist and science communicator (Naukas). https://danielmarin.naukas.com/ https://twitter.com/Eurekablog
• José María Madiedo, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), expert in meteoroids and their impacts on the Earth and the Moon. @jmmadiedo
• Javier Licandro, coordinator of the research area at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), expert in the study of the physical properties of minor bodies in the Solar System. 
• Juan Luis Cano, Elecnor Infrastrutture e Aerospaziale S.R.L,. (Italy) at ESA's Near-Earth Objects Coordination Centre (NEOCC).

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