Geologist, Lunatic, Real Football Fan, Husband, Dad, Grandad, Long-Suffering Ipswich Town Fan, Chair Emeritus - LEAG & JOIDES Resolution Facility Board, #LGN
University of Notre Dame
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Clive R. Neal retweeted
Watch our engineering team in action as they prepare the ULTRA lunar lander’s upper assembly for a high-precision crane lift operation. This video captures the coordination, technical expertise, and attention to detail required ahead of integration with the lander's primary structure.
From detailed inspections to closely coordinated teamwork, every step plays an important role in the assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) process. Stay tuned as we continue sharing more behind-the-scenes moments from ULTRA’s journey to the Moon.
#ispace #ULTRA #LunarExploration #Engineering #AIT
Clive R. Neal retweeted
Yikes. NASA couldn’t even complete a test of the SLS rocket’s ground system seal for liquid hydrogen because something else broke with the ground systems. And they wait until 8 pm ET Friday to send an update on something they knew last night.
nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026…
Clive R. Neal retweeted
16mm film footage captured from the Apollo 15 LM ascent stage during liftoff from the Hadley-Apennine lunar landing site on August 2, 1971
Clive R. Neal retweeted
Blue Origin CEO speaks on accelerating Artemis: “If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth, pun intended, to try to get to the Moon sooner. And I think we have some good ideas.”
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1…
Thank you @SecDuffyNASA for your leadership in focusing us on the Moon, which is key for human exploration and commercial development through use of local resources. I'm looking forward to seeing the next steps that include VIPER to find the water ice at the poles. Go Irish!
Clive R. Neal retweeted
Falcon 9 transits the 100% full Moon during tonight’s 8:53:30pm ET launch of 21 Starlink satellites from Florida 🚀🌕
Clive R. Neal retweeted
Essex Police Marine Unit watching over Ross Revenge when they are on the Blackwater Estuary, and we are very grateful to them. The officers sometimes stop by for a cuppa and a chat. Here they are during one of their visits practising boarding & evacuation drills. @EssexPoliceUK
Clive R. Neal retweeted
So happy to see LISTER drilling to 1 m on the Moon! We invented this technology back in 2007 and it took some time to get here. Thank you @NASA for supporting this technology development and selecting us for flight. Thank you @fireflyspace for smooth flight and landing!
Do you know the temp of the Moon? 🌡️ NASA's LISTER is ready to drill into the mystery!
Following @fireflyspace's #BGM1 Moon landing on March 2, LISTER began operations. Learn how this drill is determining the heat flow from the interior of the Moon >> go.nasa.gov/3DA4WZb
Clive R. Neal retweeted
Your package is scheduled for delivery 📦
@fireflyspace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is set to land on the near side of the Moon on March 2 at 3:45am ET (0845 UTC) with NASA science and tech aboard. Watch the landing live with us! go.nasa.gov/4gKmzTJ
ALT Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captured a bright image of the Moon’s South Pole (on the far left) through the cameras on its top deck, while it travels to the Moon. The Moon has a bright white glow at the top of the image. On the left, a heavily cratered area (the South Pole) is visible. Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Clive R. Neal retweeted
After 17 years of development we are closing on the Moon! Firefly’s BlueGhost will be touching down in a few weeks and then LISTER will start drilling to 3 m and taking thermal measurements!
youtu.be/HC1t-HIZ4sk?si=T-jO… via @YouTube
Clive R. Neal retweeted
“First to See the Farside” - “Fifty six years ago today the crew of Apollo 8 -- Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders -- were the first humans to see the farside of the Moon, and to see the Earth from the Moon…From Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images and topography, the @NASA Scientific Visualization Studio produced a dramatic reconstruction of the exciting minutes surrounding the famous Earthrise event.” lroc.asu.edu/images/1390
Clive R. Neal retweeted
2024 has been a very busy year with lots of progress from an amazing team here at the @mtu_pstdl at @michigantech . Lunar excavation, construction and in-situ resource utilization is progressing nicely. In January we tested our
#MYPLMORNING
Henry and the missus ready for the game! We are also waiting for Ipswich - ManU - come on you Tractor Boys!
Clive R. Neal retweeted
NASA **must** stop screwing around or
the US will be many years behind China (re)landing on the Moon. You can pretend this won’t be a national humiliation “because this time we are returning to stay” or whatever slogan, but… 1/2
It's been four years since my last post calling for the cancellation of the SLS, so I wrote an update. It's hard to keep up with @SciGuySpace and @Dr_ThomasZ also writing critical pieces in recent days.
TL;DR: It's just as bad as it was, only now it costs twice as much.
Clive R. Neal retweeted
On the cancellation of VIPER and why NASA needs to restore the mission. It is about whether the US and partnering Artemis nations cede leadership in lunar exploration to China.
By @Prof_Clive_Neal, Dan Britt, Ryan Whitley, and myself.
spacenews.com/nasas-cancella…
Clive R. Neal retweeted
I don’t know what changed programmatically, but the NASA project manager just stated on LinkedIn that VIPER is starting to undergo final thermal/vac tests to ready it for flight! H/T @Prof_Clive_Neal linkedin.com/posts/daniel-an…
Clive R. Neal retweeted
Via @sciam: NASA seeks to cancel VIPER, a potentially revolutionary lunar rover. Instead, the agency now plans to launch literal deadweight in its place, for a total cost of about $800 million. Scientists are understandably outraged. By @michaelgreshko
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Every living being has the right to play football. 😂
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