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Asteroids regularly slam into Earth, but in 2022 a little bit of Earth slammed into an asteroid - in the shape of NASA's DART spacecraft hitting Dimorphos. This autumn ESA's Hera spacecraft reaches this same body to try and find out: could we save Earth from an incoming asteroid? #AsteroidDay

106 views Asteroids regularly slam into Earth, but in 2022 a little bit of Earth slammed into an asteroid - in the shape of NASA's DART spacecraft hitting Dimorphos. This autumn ESA's Hera spacecraft reaches this same body to try and find out: could we save Earth from an incoming asteroid? #AsteroidDay

Views of 2 new asteroids! ESA's Hera team congratulates JAXA's Hayabusa2 for flying by 450-m Torifune (l) and the China National Space Administration's Tianwen2 for reaching tiny 18-m Kamoʻoalewa (r).

Hera makes it to Dimorphos this autumn - the 1st asteroid to have been changed by human action!

68 views Views of 2 new asteroids! ESA's Hera team congratulates JAXA's Hayabusa2 for flying by 450-m Torifune (l) and the China National Space Administration's Tianwen2 for reaching tiny 18-m Kamoʻoalewa (r). Hera makes it to Dimorphos this autumn - the 1st asteroid to have been changed by human action!

Hera's space odyssey across the cosmos is underway!

Much like Odysseus learned the mysteries of his world, #Hera too will probe the possibilities of our universe and its celestial bodies.

Learn more about why so many space missions are connected to Greek mythology here: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

62 views Hera's space odyssey across the cosmos is underway! Much like Odysseus learned the mysteries of his world, #Hera too will probe the possibilities of our universe and its celestial bodies. Learn more about why so many space missions are connected to Greek mythology here: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on an asteroid's surface. Don Quijote will be deployed by ESA's Ramses mission onto asteroid Apophis as it passes close by Earth on Friday 13 April 2029 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

39 views The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on an asteroid's surface. Don Quijote will be deployed by ESA's Ramses mission onto asteroid Apophis as it passes close by Earth on Friday 13 April 2029 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

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Avg engagement / post

0.7%

Engagement vs followers

Jan 2025

On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: Asteroids regularly slam into Earth, but in 2022 a little bit of · 106 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

5.3 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly images

Recent: 2 text · 8 image · 2 video.

Follower / following

178×

Follows 36 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

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▶ 🔥 Top post Asteroids regularly slam into Earth, but in 2022 a little bit of Earth slammed into an asteroid - in the shape of NASA's DART spacecraft hitting Dimorphos. This autumn ESA's Hera spacecraft reaches this same body to try and find out: could we save Earth from an incoming asteroid… ★ 106

Hera's space odyssey across the cosmos is underway! Much like Odysseus learned the mysteries of his world, #Hera too will probe the possibilities of our universe and its celestial bodies. Learn more about why so many space missions are c… ★ 62

🪐 Every space mission starts with a question: how do we get there? At @esa.int’s ESOC, a new generation of software is helping answer it: the Advanced Mission Analysis Toolbox (AMAT). 🔗 Learn more about how ESA designs missions before c… ★ 25 🗣️ “it feels like rehearsing the final act while the show is still running." As @esa.int / #JAXA #BepiColombo prepares for #MercuryArrival, simulations are already underway – all while continuing to fly the spacecraft. 🛰️ Read more here… ★ 42

Operating across 140 million km of space from ESOC's Interplanetary Control Room (left), ESA’s Hera mission team has upgraded the software running the spacecraft - leaving it ready to explore the distant Dimorphos and Didymos asteroids thi… ★ 33

Welcome to the Golden Age of 🪨Asteroid Exploration! 10 missions and 1 event every asteroid fan needs to know (number 6 steals the show!)... ★ 19

Views of 2 new asteroids! ESA's Hera team congratulates JAXA's Hayabusa2 for flying by 450-m Torifune (l) and the China National Space Administration's Tianwen2 for reaching tiny 18-m Kamoʻoalewa (r). Hera makes it to Dimorphos this autu… ★ 68

Save the date for #ESOC Open Day on 2 October! 📣 Come visit @esa.int mission control - the place where space missions come alive 🛰️🪐☄️🌍📡✨ Tickets will be available after the summer holidays so stay tuned here for updates. ★ 22

The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on an asteroid's surface. Don Quijote will be deployed by ESA's Ramses mission onto asteroid Apophis as it passes close by Earth on Fr… ★ 39

🚨🪨🚨Special announcement for Asteroid Day: The UN has designated 2029 as the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence. This is the year the cruise-liner-scale Apophis asteroid flies past Earth, visible to more than 2 b… ★ 23

▶ #Copernicus #Sentinel 1A has concluded its operations, closing a remarkable chapter for @esaearth.esa.int and operations teams at @esa.int’s #ESOC. Now, the mission’s legacy continues with Sentinel-1C and -1D. So long, Sentinel-1A – and … ★ 38 Humans changed an 🪨asteroid - now we find out how! Especially for Asteroid Day,🎥watch the full story so far of our Hera mission 🛰️, on its way thru deep space to probe the first Solar System body transformed by human action 💥: www.esa.in… ★ 80

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@operations.esa.int

The handle is the domain operations.esa.int. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real operations.esa.int account, not an impersonator.

On Bluesky since

Jan 2025

Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2025 — 1 year ago.

👁️Averages 46 views per post.

📤Posts about 5.3× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

76/100

Good Credibility score

92%

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Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.7% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Verified account.

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From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of real-time mission operations at the European Space Agency. Home for ESA's teams working on Planetary Defence, Space Weather, Clean Space & Space Debris. esa.int/Operations esa.int/Space_Safety

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