ExoMars_OU
@Exomars_OU
We are the ExoMars science and operations team at the Open University, working on the @ExoMars_NOMAD and @ExoMars_CaSSIS instruments.
Say cheese, again! 📸😄 Juice’s scientific camera, JANUS, had a go too at snapping an Earth–Moon portrait, as it sailed off towards Venus. After its Venus flyby in August 2025, #ESAJuice will be back, passing by Earth again in September 2026 and January 2029.…
A couple of our team were talking to the public about the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission on Saturday at the MK International Festival. It was great to see so many people and discuss the mission and our research with them. The picture shows the calm before the storm!
Our group has been awarded €500k grant from European Space Agency to lead phase A study for HiRIME, a high-resolution imager for Mars launching in 2032 on the SpotLight spacecraft that forms part of the Lightship-1 mission. More details can be found here: open.ac.uk/blogs/news/sci…
Our group recently published a companion paper investigating the chlorine cycle on Mars, now looking at how heterogeneous processes bring the modelled chlorine cycle more in line with observations from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024GL…
Our group has recently published a paper investigating the global transport of chlorine on Mars and links to perchlorates on the surface. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024JE…
Our group has recently published a paper investigating circulation regimes at different altitudes of the Venusian atmosphere and its broader application to studies of exoplanets. Check it out here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384…
Interested in the future of infrared technology for space exploration? Our team are involved in the NITEMARES project that is testing the performance of IR technology in conditions like those seen in orbit around Mars. Find out more here: space.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/31/nit…
The first #Enfys science team meeting for @ESA_ExoMars went well today at the @NHM_London @NHM_Meteorites, with our own Juan Alday presenting.
Our group has recently published a paper investigating transport timescales throughout the Venusian atmosphere and how atmospheric waves drive variations in trace species. Well done Maureen! Check it out here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384…
Two European spacecraft play hide and seek around Mars for new atmospheric science. 🫣📡📶 🃏 @ESA_TGO has a new capability under its sleeve: mutual radio occultation. For the first time, underused short-range antennas from the Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express are put to work…
🎞️🍿 Follow the first episode of 'The journey of Juice' - a video series that takes you behind the scenes at ESA as the spacecraft travels across the Solar System to its final destination, Jupiter 👇 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
Curious to find out more about #ESAJuice's lunar-Earth flyby? Join members of the Juice science and operations team online to hear about perspectives from navigation, science and radiation. 🗓️13:00 CEST, 27 September 2024 Zoom link 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
BREAKING NEWS: Juice bevestigt dat de aarde bewoonbaar is! Tijdens de flyby van de aarde op 20 augustus heeft #ESAJuice ingrediënten voor leven gevonden in de atmosfeer van de aarde 😲 Meer 👇
BREAKING NEWS: Juice confirms that Earth is habitable! During its flyby of Earth on 20 August, #ESAJuice found ingredients for life in Earth’s atmosphere 😲 More details 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…
Lightship, here we go!!
7⃣ things you didn't know about LightShip, Europe's tug to Mars. 🛰️🔴 💡 @esa's mission concept aims to make trips to the Red Planet frequent & affordable with an interplanetary transfer service: blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-ba…
Our own Maureen Cohen showing off the work done to get the Venus climate model ready for new observations by @esa EnVision. #venus #gcm #EPSC2024
Our very own Maureen Cohen has written a short article for @ConversationUK discussing life on alien planets that is well worth a read!
Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night – here’s how that may change evolution bit.ly/3Tf0zYk
The new HCl on Mars by @DrKSOlsen is out and features a lot of involvement from @Exomars_OU team members!
New paper alert! This one took a long time to write, a comparison of stuff quantities from two Martian satellites across three scales...a lot of data to distill into a lot of figures, but curated into just a few for you: doi.org/10.1029/2024JE…
Had a great meeting with current and former members of the @Exomars_OU team at @Cambridge_Uni last week. All about ozone on Mars and what's inside its north polar vortex! #Mars #polarvortex #Oxford #Cambridge #punting #ozone
Our group has been involved in a world-first space manoeuvre, with the Jupiter and Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft performing a combined flyby of both the Moon and the Earth: ounews.co/science-mct/th…
Members of our group had a fantastic time at the BPSC 2024 conference in Leicester last week, presenting our latest work and engaging with peers across the UK.
💫A big THANK YOU to everyone who attended #BPSCLeicester ! It was great to host everyone at @SpaceParkLeic and @spacecentre this week. We’ve really enjoyed seeing the range of brilliant planetary science research from everyone. We hope you enjoyed all the talks and posters! 🌌🪐