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The bridge to #LPSC2025 is always a welcome sight.

My first #LPSCHaiku of the week

Quiet poster hall.
Sci tsunami (sci-nami?)
Like carpet, hits hard.

#LPSC2025

This is incredible! #LPSC2025
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With #LPSC2025 about to start, it's time to share what I've been working on during the last months.
This is a new high resolution 3D model of the Mont Mercou outcrop, that I made during my recent internship at LPG Nantes. 🧵

#Mars #NASA #Curiosity #MSL #planetaryscience #photogrammetry

Been waiting to use this one

First magnolia blossom of the spring on our tree.

Getting Voyager 1 back up and running is one of the coolest engineering fix-it stories ever.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHej1L2k_yW4JFFpLE4IQdOFgSLyP1u_-4dcW_ZpK_pw891YJJYXTXTs56A_aem_AWWIAWCZPMadLtd7FIPqEUMckeqczAxnEmWiRVZuX1R3-JYSfxQaJcPL44mw6aabtRc

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Last November, NASA's Voyager 1 sent home garbled data, and engineers traced the problem to the flight data subsystem (FDS). The problem turned out to be a single chip in the FDS memory. They couldn't repair the chip but could move the affected code into sections and store them in different parts of the FDS system. They tested the new system this week, sending signals to the Voyager 1, 22.5 light-hours away. It worked, and Voyager 1 is back.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

On Earth Day today, and indeed on most days, it's good to revisit Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech as it never stops being relevant. Video on this link: http://youtu.be/p86BPM1GV8M. Poster below

Eight years out from his passing, Prince remains top of the world.

https://youtu.be/NFXZNt4oLkE?si=WjWOhYwagPhPTA-1

This artist's rendition of Loki Patera on Io is chef's kiss incredible. The reflection of Jupiter in the lava lake is the cherry on top.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-juno-gives-aerial-views-of-mountain-lava-lake-on-io?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=daily20240418-1

Watching the Astros this year so far, this is what keeps going through my mind…

https://youtu.be/WN-aCYVVtyo?si=wGKcS0qr7HXVQhzR

If you happen to have any leftover eclipse glasses from last week, Astronomers Without Borders would love to have them so they can get them to people around the world who will be in position to see the next solar eclipses. It's very easy to donate them, with all the info here:

https://my.astronomerswithoutborders.org/programs/solar-glasses-distribution?utm_source=badastronomy.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=eclipse-wrapup-donate-your-glasses-and-some-amazing-photos-you-haven-t-seen

Happy Jackie Robinson Day, commemorating one of the best ever.

https://youtu.be/r-7Ac2LVVYU?si=anq2VPNrO7V7ksq7

Passed in front of the Sun two days ago, now hob nobbing with Jupiter in the evenings. The Moon is having a week!

All days are good days when you wind up at Houston Dairymaids. We’ve got friends coming in from Seattle for the eclipse, and clear skies or no, we’re going to eat well.