The incredible adventures of the Hera mission | The curious case of the missing planet

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.
Suitable for kids and adults alike, this episode tells the story of the discovery of asteroids, in ‘The Curious Case of the Missing Planet’. Astronomers in the 18th century were sure there was a planet in the wide gap between Mars and Jupiter - and even formed a group called the Celestial Police to find it. But eventually it became clear there was no single world out there, just lots and lots of little ones. Fast forward to today and more than a million asteroids have been discovered, and Hera will perform close-up detection on two of them.
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[@Menyrion]

Great Work! Videos like this one are Highlights of ESA PR-work!

[@hinonny8005]

This is made soo damn well made! I loved watching this, keep up the great work! :D

[@whatwerethechances]

This looks brilliant

[@Vic_dkl]

This is very interesting 👍 ! Thank you ESA

[@apollo1689]

Hello from Spain

[@arifunf4245]

So nice Video how ever!!!
The Animated Videos are nice and funny 😄
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[@acasadiirene3958]

Great mission. Would have preferred fewer cartoons/jokes/children's music and more information. Was also hoping this would be about the hypothetical planet X.

[@Saidhruva]

Amazing !!! And also interesting

[@julianjazz7296]

I love ESA. And NASA. And the Chinese initatives.

[@AAkCN1]

Good production

[@amangogna68]

Great video !

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

HERA e a aventura rochosa ...à descoberta de asteróides munida de ciência e tecnologia impressionantes!!

[@user-in7vf1iv4u]

it's godly!

[@ferderonhurgeron9263]

Dang! Flexing those big brain muscles to the Infographics Show? 😉
Seriously though, excellent work! 👍

[@Manu-he7bu]

Isn’t Hera a follow up to the DART mission? Strange that this wasn’t mentioned.

[@EdoViero]

It's mentioned in the other video of the dart Hera cooperation

[@magkowalczyck]

Estou assistindo dia 23.09.22 com medo do que pode estar por vir.

[@RafLovesMary]

cool

[@apollo1689]

The European Space Agency the best!!!!!!!!🇧🇻🇨🇦🇪🇸🇩🇰🇨🇵🇬🇧🇬🇷🇭🇷🇮🇪🇱🇻🇱🇺🇷🇴🇸🇮🇸🇰🇧🇪🇫🇮🇪🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱🇵🇹

[@pinkieundbrain7861]

Did someone allready made a music Playlist for all the hidden tracks named in this Clip? I will Clap Again for you. 😇

[@rjung_ch]

Love the humor. Dust under "your" bed, hahaha

[@sascha_becker]

Juventuas and Milani, I see what you did here ⚽️

[@x1625]

I too have discovered assteroids, but my doctor calls them Hemorrhoids !

[@Chip-18]

Let me guess, the two miniature satellite were named by the italian space agency

[@raykewin3608]

You should get NASA to tag along with a mission. Try hitting one.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Yes very interesting 🤔☺️, but why name this after a very jealous goddess?

[@amydixon2377]

Crazy random question: is that Olly Mann as narrator?

[@Marianabarrosa1]

yes :)

[@dougaltolan3017]

Aren't we forgetting one aspect of this mission? The, err, "landing"

[@tombickmore]

That will be the DART mission from NASA, which I assume will be arriving first, since it launches in a few days, and will be arriving at high speed.

[@BrumeNoire]

@@tombickmore Yeah but Dart mission isn't really going to "land" is it ?

[@tombickmore]

@@BrumeNoire Idk, becoming part of the land is maybe a more literal definition of landing if you look at it one way.
I have not heard of any intention to "land" on this asteroid pair (other than the impact of DART), though a couple other asteroids have things on the way to or from them with missions to land and sample them.

[@lifewithjadid]

First comments INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🚀❤️

[@Alan2E0KVRKing]

5 dislikes from NASA fanboys!

[@izattmudin4ww968]

Polino11

[@apollo1689]

Good video this mision wins Elon Musk's rocket

[@janklaas6885]

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