HAVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT EXPLORE EXOPLANETS: THE DISCOVERERS YET??

Get on it! Here's episode 10 with Dr. Emily Gilbert, which, if I say so myself, is a cracker.

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The Communication Hall at JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science has a cool new exhibit designed by 天文仮想研究所 VSP: experts in #VR for space outreach. A domed screen lets you watch an animation of the #Hayabusa2 sampling from asteroid Ryugu from 4 perspectives to give an immersive feel without a headset.

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Let's name an asteroid! But remember, we need a mythological name for asteroids that cruise near the Earth, as if things go south then humanity should not be taken out by a space rock named 'Slinkypie' after your beloved pet iguana.

Hello lil asteroid bit! Did you miss me? This is my first time seeing the exhibit of the asteroid Ryugu grain returned by the #Hayabusa2 mission on display at the Science Museum! I couriered the grain from JAXA to London last summer.

NASA is hiring a new post for its JWST Project Science team - a Deputy Project Scientist for Data, Calibration, Pipeline, and Archive. Check out the ad here and apply! usajobs.gov/job/783357700

Are you ready to become a JAXA engineer and help us reach the Martian moon, Phobos?! The MMX game “MMX: Become a JAXA engineer!” is now available to play in English & Japanese! Try your hand at selecting the best components to reach the Martian sphere and achieve your mission 🛠

ALL MEN! You can choose to be anything you want to be! Don't let your childhood, education, family, friends, books, media, stereotypes, bosses, power or massive structural barriers hold you back. It's about individual choice. YOU GO BOYS!

spent my lunch break today coming up with ways that the Kate Middleton story would turn out if it were being investigated by various fictional detectives

Hello darkness my old friend… I’ve come to take your power again…

It may be hard to wake SLIM up again, and it seems the multiband camera is also at the end of its life. But I don’t think surface operations were ever designed to be long, so this has been great!

The harsh lunar night fell, and it was expected that the SLIM lunar lander would fall into an eternal slumber as its circuit boards froze. But then the day dawned and SLIM revived as SLIM THE WHITE!

(Fabulous art by science communicator, Dr Emma Rehn!)

As night lifts, SLIM the White sends back another picture of the Moon! Still there, and full of rock doggies.

TADAAAAAAAAAAA!

む！！！

SLIM THE WHITE HAS RETURNED #LoTR

THIS IS CRAZY!! SLIM is basically a tardigrade.

(English coming...)

Picked up a copy of Hayabusa2’s 橘 省吾 | Shogo Tachibana new book: “What did Hayabusa2 bring home? Listening to the voice of the Ryugu rocks”.

I shall now dedicate the rest of 2024 to reading the first chapter 😅

Miss being at the JAXA H3 launch last weekend? Here's a 360 degree video (also great in #VR ) for checking it out as if you were at Tanegashima!