Watch the replay of our Hera mission Mars flyby occasion. On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera mission got here to inside 5000 km of the floor of the pink planet and 300 km of Mars’s extra distant and enigmatic moon Deimos. Throughout this flyby, Hera carried out observations of each Mars and the city-sized Deimos. Hera then wanted to swing its Excessive Acquire Antenna again to Earth to transmit its knowledge house. On Thursday, 13 March, these photographs had been premiered by Hera’s science group from ESA’s ESOC mission management centre in Darmstadt, Germany, explaining what they reveal, throughout our public webcast beginning at 11:50 CET. The group was joined by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and famend science fiction author Andy Weir, creator of The Martian and Mission Hail Mary, in addition to a shock particular visitor!
