Prof of Physics, Deputy Director (solar system), UCL-MSSL. Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars) PanCam PI, Cassini,... recent President & VP @popastro - Views my own
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Andrew Coates retweeted
From Stevenage to Mars. 🔴
Great to welcome the @NASAAdmin to see @ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover, developed with UK industrial leadership and major contributions from international partners, including NASA.
A powerful example of global collaboration in space exploration. 🚀
ALT Left to right: Kevin Bonavia MP, Airbus, Head of Space Exploration Justin Byrne, Minister for Space Liz Lloyd, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. Credit: Airbus
ALT UK Space Director Rebecca Evernden and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. Credit: Airbus
ALT Teams from Airbus, UK Space Agency and NASA watching a demonstration at Airbus Space and Defence HQ in Stevenage. Credit: Airbus
Congratulations to the Escapade team on a nice launch! blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, our next science mission to Mars, has a new launch date: today! The launch window opens at 2:57 p.m. EST.
Yesterday's launch attempt was postponed due to the intense geomagnetic storm that rocked our planet.
Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3JJFdAP
Good luck to NASA Escapade team!
LIVE NOW: Tune in to watch the NG-2 webcast!
xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1DXxyWrLz…
Fun to talk about our planetary exploration this morning at the opening of Ewell’s Solar System Walk at Nonsuch Park! Well done Ewell AS
ewellastronomy.org/solarwalk…
Congratulations to all our @uclmaps and @MSSLSpaceLab students graduating yesterday - great to celebrate with our PhD & other graduates!
Andrew Coates retweeted
Our latest @MSSL_Planetary graduate Cristian Radulescu passed his PhD viva today. Thesis on 'Heavy ion distribution and influence on the Saturnian magnetosphere', using Cassini data & simulations. Many thanks to examiners David Burgess (QMUL) & Colin Forsyth. Well done Cristian!
Great to welcome students from the London International Youth Science Forum @LIYSF to @MSSLSpaceLab for talks & tours on 29 July, and to speak to students from the UCL- Japan youth challenge 2025 symposium on Looking for life on Mars, on 1 August ucl-japan-youth-challenge.co…
Fun to talk to students visiting St Paul’s school, London for their space week yesterday on @ESA_ExoMars and @ExoMarsPanCam, and to help with a careers session for @MSSLSpaceLab work experience week students this morning
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Our space lab will be featuring in the BBC Two programme Great British Railway Journeys tonight at 6:30! Or on iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
Andrew Coates retweeted
1100 tomorrow: Mars Week ‘Land on a lecture: Looking for life on Mars’, on science & engineering of the @ESA_ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, live from @MSSLSpaceLab w/@PlanetAndrewC, Bob Redman & George Kollakides at - book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/mars-week…
A huge thank you to all of you who beamed in for #MarsDay25!
The Mars fun continues with #MarsWeek25 and there are lots more exciting events for you to get involved in! bit.ly/3YR41cw
Andrew Coates retweeted
Later tomorrow join the science & engineering panels featuring Connor & Chloe
Andrew Coates retweeted
Our team are helping with @ESERO_UK Mars Hour, Mars Day and Mars Week this week. First, join Claire, George, Bob & @PlanetAndrewC for Mars Hour at 1000-1101 tomorrow, to learn more on the @ESA_ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission, @ExoMarsPanCam & Enfys.
Join us on #MarsDay2025 for @spacegovuk Missions and Programmes.
Hear about the UK’s involvement in cutting-edge space missions and programmes, the collaboration with other spacefaring nations and the thriving UK space industry. Learn more: bit.ly/3SWH06a
Looking forward to talking at @ukseds meeting tomorrow
We are so excited to introduce our next set of speakers for NSSC 2025 in Leicester TOMORROW! 💫
🪐 Have you planned which talks and sessions you’re attending yet?
Check out the full programme here: [loom.ly/sfkW68E]
#UKSEDS #NSSC2025 #SpaceBeyondSTEM
Andrew Coates retweeted
Rosalind's drill system is like no other on Earth. Some rover specs for Mars exploration:
🕳️ Depth: 2 metres.
⚙️ Rods: x3.
🔋 Power: 100 watts.
🔄 Revolutions: 60 per minute.
💪 Strength: Can penetrate surfaces as hard as marble.
👀 Vision: Equipped with an infrared map to study minerals.
⛏️ Dig into it with @esa's #ToMarsAndBack blog:
blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-ba…
ALT The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover drill system penetrating the martian soil.
Andrew Coates retweeted
⚙️ Drilling deeper into Mars than ever before with the @ESA_ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.
🤖 Its drill will dig 2 metres below the surface, where signs of ancient life could be preserved.
👇🧵 For some of the rover's DIY tricks.
Lucky to see some of the planetary parade after sunset last night ~1840 from Guildford, see phone pics - Mars, Jupiter, Venus clearly visible, Saturn too low and cloud near horizon. Humbling to think we’ve been involved in instruments to 5 of the 7 planets on display this week
New paper alert! Brahma Gopalchetty, a student from our MSc course in Space Science and Engineering last year, just published his paper on his project designing an exciting mission concept to Titan in Experimental Astronomy link.springer.com/article/10…
