Daniel 🇨🇦🛰️🇩🇪🚲🇪🇺
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Don't obey in advance (or ever, actually...). Keen on space stuff & riding bikes. "A feller could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all this stuff!" #CRM114 Viewpoints are mine and no one else's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaJa1WH9ck
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Thanks to the spacecraft’s good performance, and some clever planning by teams on Earth, Hera is on track to arrive at the Didymos binary asteroid system a month earlier than originally planned.
Full story at: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Full story at: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
ESA’s Hera targets early arrival at Didymos asteroids
Launched one year ago, on 7 October 2024, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission is roughly halfway to its destination – the Didymos binary asteroid system.At Didymos, Hera will study the aftermath ...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thanks to the spacecraft’s good performance, and some clever planning by teams on Earth, Hera is on track to arrive at the Didymos binary asteroid system a month earlier than originally planned.
Full story at: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Full story at: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
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ESA's Planetary Defence Office observed the asteroid shortly after its discovery. This observation helped astronomers determine the close approach distance and time to such high precision.
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
ESA's Planetary Defence Office observed the asteroid shortly after its discovery. This observation helped astronomers determine the close approach distance and time to such high precision.
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇