Hera mission patch

ESA’s Hera mission will be humankind’s first visit to a binary asteroid system. Launched in 2024, the spacecraft will survey the little 151-metre diameter moon of the 780-metre diameter Didymos asteroid.

With a new mission comes a new patch. ESA mission patches are designed to display mission objectives whilst also incorporating the ESA branding. To ensure consistency across ESA, new logos follow a certain style, with guidelines on the layout and colour scheme. These branding guidelines were developed by digital experts Publicis Sapient.

Following these guidelines, the patch for Hera was designed by Italian design company, ReMedia. ReMedia first dug out the key elements of the Hera mission: protection from asteroid impact, modelling binary asteroid systems, prevention of asteroid collision, and development of new technology.