Stefan Gardefjord

In under 2⃣ hours, a tiny #asteroid🪨 discovered just this morning will make a #CloseApproach of Earth, 100 times closer than the Moon and well below many Earth-orbiting satellites. "It poses no risk to us, but Earth's gravity will shape its onward trajectory forever," - Richard Moissl @Richard_M_F, ESA's Head of #PlanetaryDefence. "The early detection of such a small asteroid illustrates our growing ability to see what's coming" 🪨🔭👀🌍

We're proud to announce that Linda Lyckman, Head of Innovation at SSC, has been awarded the Ulla Teige diploma as this year's female role model in aerospace technology for her inspiring work in space. Congratulations Linda!💐👩‍🚀 More about the diploma: ow.ly/cL4I50OmLRt

And we have a launch! This morning at 9:23 AM local time, SubOrbital Express 3 was launched to 260 km and 6 min of microgravity 🚀 The rocket and its onboard research are now being recovered by helicopter. sscspace.com/suborbital-exp… #SoundingRocket #RocketLaunch #SubOrbital #Space

First flight simulation now completed ✅ All the onboard payloads have been tested and next up is a dress rehearsal where the whole Suborbital Express 3 rocket and everything onboard is tested. Folks, we're getting closer 😬 #Suborbital #SubOrbitalExpress #SoundingRocket #Esrange

The SubOrbital Express 3 with its twelve payloads has successfully arrived at Esrange, Kiruna! #Space #esrange

Always a pleasure to show the activities and future endeavors at the world's most versatile space center. Thank you for visiting us at Esrange Space Center, @USAmbSweden with Ambassador Mr. Erik D. Ramanathan.