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astroscar.bsky.social
@astroscar.bsky.social
Planetary scientist at INAF-IAPS
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This is a sped up simulation of today's Hera spacecraft flyby of Mars and its Deimos moon - closest approach to Deimos at 12:07 GMT & Mars at 12:51 GMT. The spacecraft has to rotate around to send its images back to Earth so we'll see them tomorrow: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
March 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Our Hera science team are busy processing images returned from today’s Mars flyby – including astrophysicist, stereoscopist & guitarist Sir Brian May, seen with Principal Investigator Prof Patrick Michel. Images to come in tomorrow's livestream at 11:50 CET (10:50 GMT): www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
March 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM