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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 13d

It hosts at its home an Echelle spectropolarimeter, NeoNarval, stabilized in pressure and temperature since 2019 and hosts an infrared spectropolarimeter, SPIP, copy of the instrument SPIRou (CFHT), almost operational.

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 13d

The Bernard Lyot Telescope (TBL, diameter 2m), located on the observation platform of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre (Alt 2877m) is a national telescope. It is managed by the Observatoire Midi Pyrénées

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 13d

The Pic du Midi Observatory is a magical place

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 15d

PACIS builds on ISAE-SUPAERO’s SSPA Team experience in planetary instrumentation – including our work on Martian missions. It’s a great example of how research and education can contribute directly to space exploration.

Thank you to everyone involved for the hard work ! Next step: Detailed Design!

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 15d

These data will help better understand atmospheric structure, improve atmospheric models, and support the scientific analysis of future missions.
ollaborative spirit.

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 15d

PACIS (Platform Atmospheric Characterization Instrumentation Suite) aims to measure pressure, temperature and sound during the Entry, Descent and Landing of ExoMars Entry, Descent And Landing Module.

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · 15d

I’m glad to share that our PACIS instrument has passed its Preliminary Design Review. This confirms that our instrument architecture and technical choices are robust enough to move into detailed design.

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Sep 23

Around the Moon and back next February? arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

NASA targeting early February for Artemis II mission to the Moon

“There is a desire for us to be the first to return to the surface of the Moon.”…

arstechnica.com

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Sep 15

Back to science ! Start of the SuperCam week in sunny Saint Lary, French Pyrenees. Let’s talk about Perseverance results

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Sep 11

Even if in this particular case the press release is likely a PR operation to bring back MSR to life at a time US colleagues need to lobby the
congress, having these samples back is more than worth fighting for.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · Sep 4

#Mars #InSight

Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior

➡️ Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts 🧪 #PlanetSci

www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org

Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior

Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts

www.science.org

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UMD Science @umdscience.bsky.social · Sep 5

New research revealed that Mars' innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth's.

@umdgeology.bsky.social's Nick Schmerr weighed in on these findings with @sciencex.bsky.social, noting that questions regarding Mars' core are far from settled. 🔭 #PlanetaryScience

Marsquakes indicate a solid core for the red planet, just like Earth

Scientists revealed Wednesday that Mars' innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth's.

phys.org

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Kevin Olsen @drksolsen.bsky.social · Sep 4

@mhairireid.bsky.social and I put together an article for @theconversation.com about yesterday's @nature.com paper on the detection of a 600 km radius solid core in the interior of #Mars! 🧪🔭 #planetsci
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....

Mars has a solid inner core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery — new study

It turns out that Mars has a similar interior structure to Earth.

doi.org

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Aug 5

Propagation of the Aude wildfires in the South of France . Astounding

Dr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · Aug 5

C’est un véritable désastre écologique dans l’Aude. En à peine 7h, plus de 7000 hectares sont partis en fumée, avec un front de feu de >30km de long. La vitesse de propagation est exceptionnelle : nous assistons probablement au feu de forêt le + rapide et le plus violent du XXIᵉ siècle en France 1/2

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Nathan Williams @bluebirdadventures.bsky.social · Jul 24

Here’s a little mission design I’ve been working on behind the scenes these past few months for exploring Mars with a small fleet of helicopters! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAu...

#planetsci #nasa

Introducing Skyfall: Future Concept Mars Helicopters Paving the Way for First Martian Astronauts

YouTube video by AV

www.youtube.com

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Jul 24

Very fun ! Congrats

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Jun 23

Many US colleagues could not make it this year …

David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · Jun 23

Happy to be here at international planetary probe workshop IPPW25

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James Tuttle Keane @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social · May 30

The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.

The NASA planetary science fleet chart. It shows two spirals with missions to Moon/Mars and the Solar System. I’ve crossed off all of the missions that will be cancelled in the president’s budget… and there are a lot of them.

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David Mimoun @moonnext.bsky.social · May 31

This is an extinction level budget

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · May 30

The NASA budget req would end NASA's participation in ESA's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover (as anticipated) along with MSR, NASA's two Venus probes (DAVINCI and VERITAS) and coop with ESA on theirs (EnVision), and somewhat surprisingly OSIRIS-APEX and Juno, both already in space.