Thomas Zurbuchen
@Dr_ThomasZ
Prof and Director ETHZ|Space. Explorer, Innovator, Speaker, Searcher. NASA’s Former and Longest Continually Serving Head of Science.
Super excited about the launch of this space laboratory and observatory!
NASA’s IMAP spacecraft has been unboxed! 📦✨ Fresh out of its shipping container at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is getting prepped for space. IMAP will serve as a…
Highlight of the week for me was visiting Jamie Dunn at @NASAGoddard, the manager of @NASARoman. Jamie and team have done an incredible job building this discovery machine - while keeping it on schedule towards launch and within cost. Super proud of them! 🔭
Congrats to @spacex and the #NASAScience team with all mission partners. Today, we are thinking of Craig Kletzing who, with his team, came up with this missions and was its first Principal Investigator. I selected TRACERS in 2019 from @uiowa. We all miss him - proud of the team.
Liftoff of TRACERS!
Well said! Thanks, @nadiamdrake!
"You’re punching a generation-size hole, maybe a multigenerational hole, in the scientific and technical workforce. You don’t just Cryovac these people and pull them out when the money comes back. People are going to move on.” scientificamerican.com/article/propos…
Trump’s budget would gut NASA Science Cut it by 50% Now - for the first time - NASA’s longest-serving science chief @Dr_ThomasZ is breaking his silence on The Endless Void. 🚀 Full Interview → youtu.be/Q_8wplP-_aQ
Another day as a bi-continental human 🌎🌍🇺🇸🇨🇭 Seeing your friend take off towards the alps #ByeNads, and boarding another @united flight… ✈️
The NYSE welcomes @NASA to celebrate the launch of SPHEREx; NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory to understand the origins and structure of the universe 🚀
Today, we're celebrating Earth as only NASA can. Shift your point of view this Earth Day and see the planet as we do from air and space.
Love the quote @NASAScienceAA
On Tuesday, Dr. Nicola Fox from @NASA emphasized the importance of continued support for the CLPS program and its role in long-term human space exploration!
Success to get off the pad, and lots of data already obtained. I am sure @isaraerospace will learn a lot. Rocket launch is hard. Never give up, move forward with even more energy !
Countdown begins for the first test flight of Spectrum. Subject to weather, safety and range infrastructure, the launch window opens 12:30pm – 03:30pm CEST. Public livestream via: youtube.com/live/IKLQxe2Mv… #goingfullspectrum Photo: Isar Aerospace | Robin Brillert, Wingmen Media
What an amazing job, @Firefly_Space! Congrats to this courageous lander and the team that conceived and built it #BlueGhost ❤️🌘
#BlueGhost signing off with one final message from the Moon. Thank you for the unforgettable journey. 💙 #BGM1
Love it, @Firefly_Space! #BlueGhost ☀️🌎>🌘 = 💍
#BlueGhost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. Hope to have more shots to share soon! #BGM1
I am loving the CLPS action around the 🌗 right now! Congrats @Int_Machines for the LOI!
Athena completed her scheduled 492-second main engine Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) burn at 6:27 a.m. CST on March 3 and is currently orbiting the Moon. Over the next several hours, flight controllers plan to analyze data to verify the lander’s targeted circular orbit and confirm…
Shadows on the Moon after a successful landing by #BlueGhost
Blue Ghost’s shadow seen on the Moon’s surface! We’ll continue to share images and updates throughout our surface operations. #BGM1
Amazing!!
Would you look at that view! #BlueGhost captured its first image on the Moon that embodies everything this bold, unstoppable Firefly team has worked so hard for over the last 3+ years. And we’re just getting started! Find out what's next for #BGM1 fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-a…
“Contact light, engine stop!” Congratulations FireFly Aerospace for Blue Ghost’s Mission 1 successful Moon landing today! It also marks a new milestone in the collaborations between NASA and private Space companies, as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)…
All best #Team @Firefly_Space - you are finally zooming into the goal you have been thinking and dreaming about for years! Good flight and landing, #BlueGhost 🌖🤞🍀
T-2 hours until #BlueGhost performs a Descent Orbit Insertion and begins her trajectory towards our final destination: the Moon's Mare Crisium. This 19-second burn will be performed on the far side of the Moon in a planned comms blackout. Once we regain signal about 20 minutes…