JAXA broadcast over; hopefully confirmation of solar array deployment will follow in their press conf tomorrow

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JAXA's MMX has separated from the 2nd stage and is on its way to Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars. The 13 scientific instruments include 2 from the US and one from CNES/DLR. Arriving at Mars in August 2027. Will collect samples from Phobos, returning them to Earth in 2031.

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Trying to remind myself this morning that the path toward being ambitious is frequently paved with lots of responses of 'yes but not like that'

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Small one has realized that Things Float and Things Sink and this can be checked out intentionally in a water glass. Delight

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This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.

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