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#HeraMission is officially on its way to Didymos, and telemetry is arriving loud and clear at ESA mission control in Germany. https://lnkd.in/dKrD3kYK

Watch the ESA #HeraMission launch live here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dCMdX-CW

We will go live later today for the launch of our Hera asteroid mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is set for 16:52 CEST / 15:52 BST. Watch our live coverage from the European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, starting at 16:15 CEST / 15:15 BST.

🚨Last call to apply! 👩💻We are looking for a new team member to support our Software Product Assurance (PA) Section. The Section provides functional support to ESA projects and is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of software PA expertise and standards. 💽 It carries out technological research (R&D) in software PA requirements, techniques, methodologies and tools. 💻 Do you have experience with software product assurance, software engineering and software security assurance? Explore more and send your application today 👉https://lnkd.in/e93GAWYR #ESArecruits

#ESArecruits! 🚀Ready to launch your career? We are looking for a new colleague to join us as Moonlight Navigation Space Segment Manager. 🌘You will be responsible for all navigation-related space segment aspects of the Moonlight programme’s activities aimed toward the development of a dedicated lunar-based communication and navigation infrastructure and the provision of the associated lunar services. 🔎Explore more and send your application today 👉https://lnkd.in/gw8JPmyH

📷This was our #WeekInImages for last week, 30 September - 04 October 2024 👉https://lnkd.in/eWis2EmQ

We will go live later today for the launch of our Hera asteroid mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is set for 16:52 CEST / 15:52 BST. Watch our live coverage from the European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, starting at 16:15 CEST / 15:15 BST.

🛰️ Mission control GO for #Hera launch! ✅This weekend, the Hera #PlanetaryDefence mission successfully performed its dress rehearsal. Our team at #ESOC mission control centre worked with the joint ESA, industry and SpaceX launch teams to complete the comprehensive final simulation of the countdown and launch sequence. This joint exercise involved the real ground stations and operational systems and facilities just like during the actual launch. 🚀ESA will livestream the launch on #ESAWebTV, ESA YouTube and on ESA’s X, and LinkedIn accounts. Live coverage begins at 16:15 CEST / 15:15 BST. Watch it live here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCs8YTYW

Multiwavelength View of a Turbulent Stellar Nursery🌪️ ✨The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig–Haro objects HH 1 and HH 2 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts. Both objects are in the constellation Orion and lie around 1250 light-years from Earth. 👉https://lnkd.in/e7q7b2Mw Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Reipurth, B. Nisini ESA Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration