Hera’s initial 93-minute braking manoeuvre on Thursday morning is confirmed to have performed within required parameters; the follow-up braking manoeuvre is scheduled for Thursday 22 October. Want to know more? Ask our Hera Space Companion hera.esa.int

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Liftoff: German company Isar Aerospace launched their Spectrum launcher, lifting off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. 👏🚀

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ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL CONFIRMED! 🎉🛰️ #BepiColombo telemetry shows the Mercury Transfer Module has successfully separated from the spacecraft stack! ✅ First step of Mercury arrival phase - complete! 👏 Next stop: Mercury orbit insertion for MPO and Mio in November! @esa.int #JAXA #Mercury

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Yesterday @esa.int and ispace-EUROPE celebrated a key milestone for MAGPIE, set to become Europe's first rover on the Moon 🌕 Launching in 2029, the rover will investigate lunar resources which could support a sustained human presence on the Moon 💧👨‍🚀. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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DAY 444 SPECIES 444 - Miniacina miniacea STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen M. miniacea is a large immobile single celled protozoan. It builds a hard calcium rich bright red or pink branched skeleton resembling a tiny coral #sciart #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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