Iván López
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Iván López
@planets2explore.bsky.social
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20 years ago today, our first mission to Venus was launched 🎉

#VenusExpress gave us a unique global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour and paved the way to #ESAEnvision. 

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#planetsci
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Another fully European launch carrying European missions that will carry on a legacy of crucial applications here on Earth, for Europeans. This is what @esa.int is about: space for Europe!
Liftoff of Ariane 6 flight #VA264 launching Metop-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5A to orbit!
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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New Paper Published. I am incredibly proud of this one. I agreed to this review when I was the branch chief of research and thought I could get the paper done in about 6 months....then multiple job shifts happened and the paper was submitted just over a year and 6 months after I said yes. (1/4)
August 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🛰️ Have a look to this new research paper from the community: 'Volcanic gas plumes’ effect on the spectrum of Venus' by J.A. Dias et al. (@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If you have new exciting results of your research to share on social media, send it to us! 🪐
Volcanic gas plumes’ effect on the spectrum of Venus
Venus is home to thousands of volcanoes, with a wide range of volumes and sizes. Its surface is relatively young, with a temperature of approximately …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Check out new work:
Novel Performances of a Combined Raman‐LIBS Instrument for Future Lunar Astronaut Exploration Program: The PHOENIX for PANGAEA Project - Moral - Journal of Raman Spectroscopy - Wiley Online Library analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Novel Performances of a Combined Raman‐LIBS Instrument for Future Lunar Astronaut Exploration Program: The PHOENIX for PANGAEA Project
This work shows the performance obtained by one of the two Portable Handheld cOmbinEd RamaN-LIBS-XRF (PHOENIX) instruments developed within the framework of this ESA contract.
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Happy Birthday #ESA!!!!

Looking forward for the next incredible 50 years

#50YearsOfESA
May 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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⚙️ Drilling deeper into Mars than ever before with @esa.int's Rosalind Franklin rover.

🤖 Its drill will dig 2 metres below the surface, where signs of ancient life could be preserved.

🍿 Enjoy this new ExoMars episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...

👇🧵 For some of the rover's DIY tricks.
February 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬

Join us in celebrating the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of science and technology, and dive deeper into the story of one of our young professionals making her way in space.

➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/Div...
ESA celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025
Today we mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Join us in a journey around Europe with EIROforum organisations to discover the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of scien...
www.esa.int
February 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Signed and sealed: ESA's next Venus mission #Envision can move towards construction. During the 17th #EuropeanSpaceConf, ESA awarded a contract to
@thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social to build the Envision spacecraft.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @cmundell.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM