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Humans and Robots. Together for Mars. 🤝 #AMADEE27 in Portugal 🇵🇹 to test tech and science on Mars-like terrain. #simulateMars 💪 🤩 Join us on this journey! ➡️ ow.ly/q7p050Z3KeB

Estimates for the thickness of Jupiter moon Europa's ice shell varied greatly. Measurements with #Juno let the number now be settled at 29 kilometres. This moon is one of the Solar System's top spots for habitability (beyond Earth): ow.ly/8OQV50Z3zlh

#ScienceSunday 16 experiment teams. One mission. The science starts here. The last two days we ran the Science Definition Workshop for AMADEE-27, our 2027 Mars simulation in Portugal. This is where research questions get locked in.

NASA's #Juno orbiter captured a picture of small #Jupiter moon Thebe. This moon orbits close to its planet and is thought to contribute to its ring system: ow.ly/Ws9Z50Z3szJ ow.ly/O51k50Z3szK

The #AMADEE27 Science Definition Workshop is currently taking place! 🚀 Before Mars analog missions begin, the science has to be defined first. Together with experimenters key objectives and field operations are shaped for AMADEE-27 over two days. 🧑‍🚀

#Curiosity Mars rover blog, sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a visit from the Psyche spacecraft: ow.ly/KE2e50Z2yc6

ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Parachute Baked Sterile at ESTEC Ahead of 2028 Mars Mission: ow.ly/u7UX50Z3225

NASA's #Psyche asteroid probe took a gravity assist at Mars where instruments were calibrated. As a bonus, Mars images from rare perspectives could be captured: ow.ly/xrjJ50Z243Z

Analoge Astronaut:innen werden, das kann man lernen. 🚀 Schüler:innen des BRG in der Au haben den echten OeWF Auswahlprozess begleitet. Was hat ihnen am besten gefallen? Was würden sie machen wollen? Und was nehmen sie mit nach Hause? #JuniorAnalogAstronauts #LandTirol

🚀 Space exploration starts in the classroom — and this summer, the classroom is in Monsaraz. OeWF & the State of Tyrol bring analog astronaut selection to schools through #SPHERESummerSchool2026. 📍 Portugal | 12–17 July ow.ly/VHmQ50Z1vam

NASA's #Maven Mars orbiter found an atmospheric effect - previously only known from Earth - where charged particles are squeezed along magnetic structures. Studying this effect will help to better understand how space weather affects the Red Planet: ow.ly/UM3n50Z1u4s

@AstroIdea99 No, it is all about going outside your comfort zone but it will be for sure more rewarding than staying in the comfort zone.

@oewf Halfway. No internet, broken bike, fake dirt. Still doing science. I wouldve snapped. Deep space doesnt care about comfort.

#ScienceSunday — No calls. No messages. No mission control. For two weeks. NASA's CHAPEA-2 crew just hit 200 days inside a 3D-printed Mars habitat and right now, they're in a simulated comms blackout. 🔗 More about CHAPEA-2: nasa.gov/humans-in-spac… #simulateMars

#MarsMonday 🔴 Train for Mars missions with Analog Mission Basic Training! Join us to support research, test rovers, and enhance spacesuit designs. AMBT aims to identify and train the next generation of mission staff. 🤩 ➡️ More: ow.ly/K16h50Z0RYq 📸: OeWF/vog.photo

#Perseverance rover update: Shooting a selfie and analyzing rocky outcrops: ow.ly/Zlgx50Z0H3c

A step closer to understanding #Venus' interior - 'coronae', huge fracture systems point to evidence that different plume-related tectonic processes occur: ow.ly/WjH150Z0sGV

A 'hydraulic jump' seems to be responsible for a mysterious wave that has been sweeping around #Venus. Detected by #JAXA s #Akatsuki orbiter in 2016, it was puzzling scientists for years: ow.ly/Q0Z250YZmXY

🚀 On 20 May, OeWF director Gernot Grömer speaks at the University of Stuttgart's aerospace lecture series How close are we to sending humans to Mars—and what does it take to get there safely? 🌍🔴 Registration & more info here: ow.ly/XZKf50YXPt4

Feiertag + Regen = Podcast-Tag. 🎙️ Unser Direktor Gernot Grömer bei little talks #337 — über Marsmissionen, Raumanzüge und was es heißt, zur Schiffsbauer-Generation zu gehören. 🔗 ow.ly/TOiJ50YZn5O #Mars #Raumfahrt #Podcast

Visit Shalbatana Vallis, a Martian valley surrounded by signs of water, lava, craters and chaos. Mars Express #MEX gathered the data last October: ow.ly/jBy950YZmTL