

Colin Wilson
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@PlanetaryColin
Project Scientist, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, European Space Agency. Visiting Scientist, Oxford University. Mars & Venus atmospheric science.







Magellan images reveal recent lava flows on Venus, can we get some follow-up mission up in here? sciencenews.org/article/venus-…













📢 @ESA adopts two ambitious space science missions: Venus voyager #EnVision and gravitational wave surfer #LISA. “These trailblazing missions will take us to the next level in two extraordinarily exciting areas of space science and keep European researchers at the forefront of these domains,” says ESA Director of Science @CGMundell The ‘adoption’ step recognises that the missions' concept and technology are sufficiently advanced, and gives the go-ahead to build the instruments and spacecraft. Both spacecraft are planned to launch with an #Ariane6

Take another trip through Mars’s ‘labyrinth of night’ 🌚 It's a place unlike any other in the Solar System, with deep valleys and canyons stretching up to 30 km wide and 6 km deep. Zoom in on a detailed new #MarsExpress image to explore it in all its glory👉esa.int/ESA_Multimedia… #SolarSystemExplorers



"We're dreaming of a red (?) #Christmas..." 🎶 This #MarsExpress image provides a perspective view of a festive silhouette – an angel near the martian south pole. ➡️ esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…



Want to see more Mars images? We are happy to announce that JMARS now hosts the @ExoMars_CaSSIS image data up through November 2022. No need to update your JMARS version-- the new CaSSIS stamp layer is automatically available.



