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Science fiction? Or the key to a circular economy in orbit?

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Space debris surrounding Earth

Simulated feature tracking compared to actual flyby

Deimos appears to cross Mars

Mars and Deimos viewed by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera

Mars and Deimos viewed by Hera's TIRI

Mars and Deimos viewed by Hera's Hyperscout H

DIY model of Hera designed by Paolo Concari, built using LEGO® bricks

Cartoon Hera made using LEGO® bricks, designed by Frans Snik

Detailed model of Hera made with LEGO® bricks by Frans Snik

Hera Mars flyby

Hera: Target Deimos

ESA's Ramses spacecraft

Asteroid 2024 YR4 impact risk rises and falls

Zero Debris Technical Booklet workshop

Asteroid - artist's impression

Hera asteroid mission in your house

Close approach of asteroid 2020 XR

Close approach of asteroid 2006 WB

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.

Moon waves goodbye to Hera

Spooky Earths seen by Hera’s HyperScout

Space Safety for the Moon

IAC 2024 - Ramses contract signature

Ramses mission patch

Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental

In-orbit servicing mission RISE

ESA and D-Orbit sign RISE mission contract at IAC 2024

RISE mission to extend life of geostationary satellites

RISE mission patch

Hera's first images (HyperScout H)

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

Hera's first images (Asteroid Framing Camera)

Hera's first images (Thermal Infrared Imager)

Visitors watch the Hera launch at ESA's ESOC control centre in Germany

Learning about asteroids and planetary defence

The Hera AI space companion

Hera fires its thrusters

Hera launch animation still

Hera Science Team

Nearing Hera era in space

View from Hera’s Asteroid Deck

Hera Asteroid Deck and instruments

Hera and its CubeSats connected by inter-satellite links

ESA missions to small bodies

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