Your chance to run software in deep space on ESA's asteroid mission
This opportunity enables testing of software in a unique and extreme environment for potential future applications.
The European Space Agency is offering European researchers and companies a rare and exciting opportunity to run their innovative software directly in deep space aboard ESA’s Hera mission, millions of kilometres distant.
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