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ESA statement regarding cooperation with Russia following a meeting with Member States on 28 February 2022

Posted on 2022/03/11 by Carl Robitaille

ESA statement regarding cooperation with Russia following a meeting with Member States on 28 February 2022

ESA SAYS EXOMARS LAUNCH IN 2022 NOW VERY UNLIKELY.https://t.co/6TIQ6gN2VV
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) February 28, 2022

Comet67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from a distance of 102.6 km

Posted on 2022/03/11 by Carl Robitaille

#OTD 28 February 2015, this pic of #Comet67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ☄️ was taken by @ESA_Rosetta's #NAVCAM from a distance of 102.6 km. The image has been processed to show the details of the comet's activity @esascience 👉 https://t.co/IyEa8iY7Ji pic.twitter.com/ZM3l3YFJth
— ESA space history (@ESA_History) February 28, 2022

APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered

Posted on 2022/03/11 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered

[RPT] Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered: https://t.co/6qR0sM48ni by @NASA, Apollo 8 Crew, Bill Anders;sProcessing and License: Jim Weigang pic.twitter.com/i8IZu436ab
— Astronomy Picture Of the Day (@apod) February 27, 2022

Mars interesting?

Posted on 2022/03/10 by Carl Robitaille

Mars interesting? pic.twitter.com/RwFD0WxLQT
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) February 26, 2022

NASA’s Curiosity rover has taken this fascinating image of a rock on Mars

Posted on 2022/03/10 by Carl Robitaille

NASA’s Curiosity rover has taken this fascinating image of a rock on Mars. pic.twitter.com/F37aehnC2N
— Everything Space (@totalspace360) February 26, 2022

Voyager 1 and 2 speeds appear to be decreasing

Posted on 2022/03/10 by Carl Robitaille

1/ OK, time for an annual explanation of why the distances to both V1 and V2 appear to be _decreasing_. Remember that these are distances from _Earth_, which is orbiting around the Sun. In fact, Earth's orbital speed is faster than the Voyagers' …which means that…
— NSFVoyager2 (@NSFVoyager2) February 26, 2022

Webb Mirror Alignment Continues Successfully

Posted on 2022/03/10 by Carl Robitaille

Webb Mirror Alignment Continues Successfully

Then, each of those 18 dots was stacked to produce one unified image. Up next: fine-tuning this single dot of starlight to make it progressively sharper. Read more on our blog: https://t.co/XglDvEdD0Y #UnfoldTheUniverse pic.twitter.com/WZBWkGbOKN
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) February 25, 2022

Apollo 11 landing site taken by India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

Posted on 2022/02/23 by Carl Robitaille

Apollo 11 landing site taken by India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter – you can see the Lunar Module descent stage still standing peacefully on the Lunar surface. pic.twitter.com/HBaA83WYIb
— Toby Li (@tobyliiiiiiiiii) February 22, 2022

This is a photograph of a dust devil on Mars from above

Posted on 2022/02/23 by Carl Robitaille

This is a photograph of a dust devil from above!

A photograph from space, specifically.

Of a dust devil on Mars, more specifically. pic.twitter.com/7FqPOJEi7s
— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) February 22, 2022

So, what impacts could the Ukraine crisis have on the ISS?

Posted on 2022/02/23 by Carl Robitaille

So, what impacts could the Ukraine crisis have on the ISS? A thread:
— Pete Harding 🚀 (@Space_Pete) February 22, 2022