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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 1d

A great interview with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen about the historic #ArtemisII mission!

Exclusive: Artemis 2 'is not the peak of our mountain, in Canada' says astronaut Hansen spaceq.ca/exclusive-ar...

Exclusive: Artemis 2 'is not the peak of our mountain, in Canada' says astronaut Hansen

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is in his last few weeks of media availability before embarking on the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years.

spaceq.ca

Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this paper by my recent PhD grad James Burley and Livio Tornabene - Distal impact-related surface flows associated with the well-preserved Tokmok Crater, Noachis Terra, Mars

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Distal impact-related surface flows associated with the well-preserved Tokmok Crater, Noachis Terra, Mars

Meteorite impact craters on Mars display a diverse range of ejecta morphologies. A number of studies have suggested the presence of impact ejecta depo…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 2d

More west, good guess!

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 3d

Wrapping up a great few days of #fieldwork in eastern #Quebec at a potential new meteorite impact crater. Stay tuned for details of what we found - hint: the brutal field conditions were worth it 😉 #geology #impactcraters #fieldwork #science

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 4d

For the geologists: introducing the finalists for today’s best outcrop! #fieldwork #geology

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 4d

Yup, bear barrels

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 4d

Camp life #fieldwork #camping #outdoors #eatwelllivewell

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 4d

This is my first, ah well

Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 5d

The less glamorous side of #fieldwork - after a promising start, we lost a drone & then the rain started. And the outcrops were, well, less than impressive! We returned soaked to the skin back to camp. But a dry sleeping bag feels like the best thing in the world 😊 #fieldwork #outdoors #camping

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 6d

That’s the place 😉

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoyed two days of adventures so far checking out a potential new meteorite impact crater 😀 Some of the most challenging terrain I’ve ever worked in, but stunning scenery. And cool rocks 😉 #fieldwork #geology #outdoors

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 6d

Checking out a potential new impact site :)

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely! We didn’t even put it together but it helped ferry our heavier stuff!

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday was an adventure, even by my standards! With no suitable beaches, the float plane dropped us off 50 m from the shore 🤪 #fieldwork #geology

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 7d

Well, after 3 flights & a 3 hr drive I’ve made it to as far east in Quebec I’ve ever been: Havre-Saint-Pierre. Our stop off point where we’ll take a float plane north tomorrow #fieldwork #geology #adventure

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 9d

Very sad to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. But what a life well lived and what a legacy she leaves behind.

www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91 - follow live

The primatologist was a

www.bbc.com

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 14d

Here we go again! #fieldwork #research #geology

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 17d

Excited to share our paper on the Lappajärvi impact crater just published in Nature Communications - Traces of life found in meteorite crater offer clues to life’s origins
news.westernu.ca/2025/09/life... @westernu.ca

Traces of life found in meteorite crater offer clues to life’s origins

International team of researchers discovered and successfully dated, for the first time ever, the birth of microorganisms in a meteorite crater.

news.westernu.ca

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 18d

Check out this article highlighting the work done by my PhD student @whereisananya.bsky.social

www.space.com/space-explor...

Landing site for Rosalind Franklin rover may be ripe with clues about ancient Mars life

But will the rover actually get to Mars?

www.space.com

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 22d

It was great to wrap up #Kamestastin2025 with a visit to the Innu Nation’s Sheshatshui Youth Centre to talk about the #Moon #Artemis & our training at Kamestastin Lake 😀

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 23d

Such a fantastic team! #Kamestastin2025 #fieldwork #Artemis #geology #ToTheMoon

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 26d

Today was capstone day: an EVA traverse on the central uplift of the Kamestastin impact structure. Time to put all the training together! #Kamestastin2025 #geology #artemis #impactcraters #geology #fieldwork

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 27d

Another great day at Kamestastin. A beach of impact breccias & melt rocks makes for an excellent analogue for the lunar regolith! #Kamestastin2025 #Artemis #geology #fieldwork

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 28d

A fantastic day of #geology at Kamestastin Lake - investigating impactites (rocks produced by meteorite impact) from anorthosite target rocks = amazing analogue for the #Moon #Kamestastin2025

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 29d

Our first full day of #geology training at Kamestastin Lake. A vista to behold: hiking up the eroded remnant of an impact melt pond with the central uplift in the middle of the lake behind us #Kamestastin2025 #Artemis #ToTheMoon

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