This is #HeraMission's view of Mars acquired yesterday, at 1.07 million km from the red planet, hurtling towards it at 9 km/s. The north pole and other features clearly visible - closest approach comes at 13:51 CET today, images unveiled tomorrow! www.esa.int/Space_Safety... - ThreadSky

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technology.esa.int • 7 days ago

This is #HeraMission's view of Mars acquired yesterday, at 1.07 million km from the red planet, hurtling towards it at 9 km/s. The north pole and other features clearly visible - closest approach comes at 13:51 CET today, images unveiled tomorrow! https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Watch_live_Images_from_Hera_s_Mars_flyby

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esa.int•7 days ago

🧑‍🚀 Could @spacerocksofficial.bsky.social, @andyweirauthor1.bsky.social and @profbriancox.bsky.social report to the flight deck please? 😉

malamo42er.bsky.social•7 days ago

As soon as musk lands there, I demand that these plants be sealed.☝🏼

goodison.bsky.social•7 days ago

Look at that amazing icecap 🧊

danielswundt.bsky.social•7 days ago

📌

science.esa.int•7 days ago

🔴 👋 Hi there!

bioniclaura.bsky.social•7 days ago

My son is very excited by the Hera mission and drew tnos picture of Hera's journey from earth, past Mars and on to Didymos.

gwenforr.bsky.social•7 days ago

I happened to be photographing it too last night and caught roughly the same area, but from 144 times further away.

spamuel.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ha, I clicked the comments ready to see someone post a better photo from their home setup. Awesome shot

gwenforr.bsky.social•7 days ago

To be fair though, Hera’s asteroid framing camera is pretty small; 25mm aperture, 106mm focal length, 1mp sensor.
What’s cool is seeing the same face at different amounts of illumination on the same night