Dr. Cass Marion
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@planetarycass
Geologist, planetary scientist, explorer, science communicator, avid outdoors-woman, mother, aspiring multilingual. Science Advisor @AvSpaceMuseum
@BepiColombo This image was taken at 22:53 BST/23:53 CEST by the Mercury Transfer Module’s monitoring camera 2 (M-CAM 2), when the @BepiColombo spacecraft was about 355 km from the planet’s surface.
After a comprehensive review, we are discontinuing development of our VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. We are committed to studying and exploring the Moon, and will pursue other methods to accomplish many of VIPER's goals: go.nasa.gov/3W0WSWI
@NASAJPL This area is part of the Serpens Nebula. Located 1,300 light-years from Earth, it’s only 1-2 million years old — very young in cosmic terms! It’s home to a dense cluster of newly forming stars (about 100,000 years old), seen at the center of this image.
Watch Starship’s fourth flight test → spacex.com/launches twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Congratulations to @BoeingSpace and @ulalaunch on the launch of the CST-100 #Starliner spacecraft! This crewed flight test is a key milestone in NASA's @commercial_crew Program. CSA astronaut @astro_kutryk will be part of the first mission of Starliner to the ISS in 2025.
