Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby

Published on March 10, 2025
Hera swings by Mars

Join us live for a star-studded event this Thursday, as scientists working on ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence release the mission’s first scientific observations beyond the Earth-Moon system, following its imminent flyby of Mars.

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Video: 00:01:36 On  Wednesday 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards its final destination of the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by months and saving substantial fuel.Watch the livestream release of images from Hera’s flyby by the mission’s science team o