ESA's July: Artemis II Crew Visits Netherlands, Hera Updates Software Mid-Flight
The European Space Agency's July roundup covered an Artemis II crew visit, a remote software upgrade for the Hera probe, launch preparations and new astronaut activity aboard the ISS.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) summarised a busy July across several of its missions and facilities in its monthly video roundup.
The Artemis II crew travelled to ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands to meet the team responsible for Orion's European Service Module, which supported the mission's journey around the Moon.
ESA reported that its Hera spacecraft completed a software upgrade from a distance of 140 million kilometres, ahead of its planned study of the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos later this year.
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