Christopher J. Owen

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Christopher J. Owen

Christopher J. Owen

@SOSWAPI

Professor of Physics, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London. Principal Investigator of the Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) on ESAs Solar Orbiter

Holmbury St Mary UK Katılım Ekim 2011
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Christopher J. Owen@SOSWAPI·
@SolarOrbiterMAG @NWSSWPC SWA PAS and EAS low latency data downloaded during todays pass. Unfortunately HIS not on (missing panels in the middle). Solar wind speed ~600 km/s for strong southward field period, so could indeed be geoeffective if it passes Earth in the next few hours.
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Global News Toronto
Global News Toronto@globalnewsto·
COVID-19 might have a high recovery rate, but are there any long-term impacts? Neuroscientist Dr. Adrian Owen @Comadork explains the potential impact the virus could have on the brains of patients who tested positive
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I learnt taking part in the press conference that these campfires are the size of a European country - so I guess we can look forward to sorting how many are Luxembourgs and how many are Germanys? And whether we can detect their effects at @ESASolarOrbiter! #TheSunUpClose
UCL News@uclnews

The first images from @ESASolarOrbiter, taken using instruments built @MSSLSpaceLab @uclmaps, reveal miniature solar flares, or ‘campfires’, near the surface of the Sun. No other spacecraft has taken images from such a close distance before! #TheSunUpClose ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/jul/…

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Christopher J. Owen@SOSWAPI·
Getting ready for my small part in this. I expect some stunning new images from colleagues on the remote sensing teams - and EUI in particular includes a major @MSSLSpaceLab contribution. But SWA and the other in situ instruments have crucial roles downstream #TheSunUpClose
ESA's Solar Orbiter@ESASolarOrbiter

Today is the day we all get to see... #TheSunUpClose Join us for an online briefing with #SolarOrbiter experts from Europe and the US, and stay tuned for the mission's first, unique views of the #Sun 08:00 EDT/14:00 CEST esawebtv.esa.int Details: esa.int/Science_Explor…

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UK Space Agency
UK Space Agency@spacegovuk·
How do you operate a spacecraft when its control room has to close? 🛰️ Read the story to find out how one of the most delicate instruments on @ESASolarOrbiter had to be controlled by a @MSSLSpaceLab team, led from a two-year old's nursery! 👇 #COVID19
ESA's Solar Orbiter@ESASolarOrbiter

#SolarOrbiter is undoubtedly the first mission whose instruments were completely commissioned from people's homes. Read the full story of commissioning a spacecraft amid #Covid19 . It's been a challenge for all involed, but now, we are ready for science! esa.int/Science_Explor…

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ESA's Solar Orbiter
ESA's Solar Orbiter@ESASolarOrbiter·
#SolarOrbiter is undoubtedly the first mission whose instruments were completely commissioned from people's homes. Read the full story of commissioning a spacecraft amid #Covid19 . It's been a challenge for all involed, but now, we are ready for science! esa.int/Science_Explor…
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ESA's Solar Orbiter
ESA's Solar Orbiter@ESASolarOrbiter·
#SolarOrbiter is probably the first spacecraft in history whose instruments were largely commissioned from home. Here Chris Owen, the principal investigator behind SWA, in his #COVID19 home-office, which is actually his son's playroom. Read more: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia… @SOSWAPI
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Yannis Zouganelis
Yannis Zouganelis@SolarBoy_2020·
We had to improvise a lot for commissioning our @esa & @NASASun spacecraft from home! This is a first! Here is @SOSWAPI using his son’s playroom.
ESA's Solar Orbiter@ESASolarOrbiter

#SolarOrbiter is probably the first spacecraft in history whose instruments were largely commissioned from home. Here Chris Owen, the principal investigator behind SWA, in his #COVID19 home-office, which is actually his son's playroom. Read more: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia… @SOSWAPI

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Christopher J. Owen@SOSWAPI·
We submitted this proposal for @ESASolarOrbiter on Jan 10th 2008 (my birthday!). Today at 1025 BST we achieved the milestone of operating all 3 SWA sensors together in science mode for the first time, somewhere out there inside the orbit of Venus!
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Extremely pleased and excited to report that the SWA HIS team have just achieved ‘first light’ for the sensor. All 3 of the SWA scientific sensors have now successfully made measurements of the solar wind passing the ⁦@ESASolarOrbiter⁩ spacecraft. Congrats to the team!
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