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The small-car-sized spacecraft is now preparing for its single most challenging activity since lift-off: the sustained braking manoeuvres to slow it down to approach its target asteroids.","published_at":"2026-10-07T12:33:00Z","updated_at":"2026-10-19T09:37:05.853278Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"e1ffdd01-c146-44d0-a250-b845dc2eb20d","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":40276,"title":"The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The space detectives arrive","authors":[{"name":"ESA","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/10/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_the_Hera_mission_The_space_detectives_arrive","image_url":"https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/videos/2026/10/the_incredible_adventures_of_the_hera_mission_the_space_detectives_arrive/27561209-1-eng-GB/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_the_Hera_mission_The_space_detectives_arrive_card_full.png","news_site":"ESA","summary":"Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical of the thousands that pose an impact risk to planet Earth.","published_at":"2026-10-07T12:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-10-08T07:48:24.955623Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"e1ffdd01-c146-44d0-a250-b845dc2eb20d","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":40275,"title":"ArianeGroup Completes Second Themis Wet Dress Rehearsal","authors":[{"name":"European Spaceflight","socials":null}],"url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianegroup-completes-second-themis-wet-dress-rehearsal/","image_url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ArianeGroup-Completes-Second-Themis-Wet-Dress-Rehearsal.webp","news_site":"European Spaceflight","summary":"The European Space Agency announced that ArianeGroup and Swedish Space Corporation completed a second wet dress rehearsal of the Themis reusable rocket demonstrator at Esrange in Sweden. ESA announced the completion of the latest rehearsal on 7 October, saying that the test had taken place on 29 September. As with the first wet dress rehearsal, […]\r\nThe post ArianeGroup Completes Second Themis Wet Dress Rehearsal appeared first on European Spaceflight.","published_at":"2026-10-07T08:21:45Z","updated_at":"2026-10-07T11:59:31.180888Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"3b94ad50-3505-496e-8a95-b0bc4c0dadc6","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":40278,"title":"Finding Hera’s way: ESA’s Flight Dynamics team into action","authors":[{"name":"ESA","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Finding_Hera_s_way_ESA_s_Flight_Dynamics_team_into_action","image_url":"https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2023/01/hera_approaching_didymos_asteroids/24679985-1-eng-GB/Hera_approaching_Didymos_asteroids_card_full.gif","news_site":"ESA","summary":"The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defence mission team is preparing to light a fire in the sky. On the early morning of 15 October the small-car-sized spacecraft will burn its Orbit Control Thrusters in the direction of its target asteroid system for a total of 93 minutes continuously. This braking manoeuvre will bring it near to matching the orbital velocity of the Didymos binary asteroids.","published_at":"2026-10-07T08:03:00Z","updated_at":"2026-10-08T07:48:18.177430Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"e1ffdd01-c146-44d0-a250-b845dc2eb20d","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":40288,"title":"Finding Hera’s way: Flight Dynamics team in action","authors":[{"name":"ESA","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Finding_Hera_s_way_Flight_Dynamics_team_in_action","image_url":"https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2023/01/hera_approaching_didymos_asteroids/24679985-1-eng-GB/Hera_approaching_Didymos_asteroids_card_full.gif","news_site":"ESA","summary":"The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defence mission team is preparing to light a fire in the sky. 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