Gizmodo: Mercury Probe Flies Through Charged Particle Rain That Triggers the Planet's Auroras https://gizmodo.com/bepicolombo-explores-mercury-mysterious-x-ray-auroras-1850652094 #instituteofspaceandastronauticalscience #technologyinternet #missionstomercury #disasteraccident #spaceexploration #moonsofjupiter #gravityassist #spaceplasmas #bepicolombo #environment #saeaizawa #messenger #solarwind #mercury #aurora #io

More #BepiColombo images from the last #GravityAssist flyby at #Mercury animated and processed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pujIIK4NNQ <- https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby_the_movie -> https://www.facebook.com/Mercury.3488/posts/pfbid09FqkApJNSRARHW8y8wB8WqctqM5yejN1kEwvvB24AoyTtmZqfrrize2NjQiWGnagl. And an anaglyph 3D image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/06/BepiColombo_s_Mercury_flyby_in_3D

More #BepiColombo images from the last #GravityAssist flyby at #Mercury animated and processed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pujIIK4NNQ <- https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby_the_movie -> https://www.facebook.com/Mercury.3488/posts/pfbid09FqkApJNSRARHW8y8wB8WqctqM5yejN1kEwvvB24AoyTtmZqfrrize2NjQiWGnagl. And an anaglyph 3D image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/06/BepiColombo_s_Mercury_flyby_in_3D

The ESA/JAXA #BepiColombo mission has made its third of six #GravityAssist flybys at #Mercury, snapping images of a newly named impact crater as well as tectonic and volcanic curiosities as it adjusts its trajectory for entering Mercury orbit in 2025: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/A_trio_of_images_highlight_BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby

Lucy completes its first Earth gravity assist after a year in space https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/lucy-first-earth-flyby/ #gravityassist #asteroids #featured #uncrewed #jupiter #flyby #lucy #nasa

Thanks for all the assists! NASA’s #GravityAssist podcast is concluding after five fantastic years of telling the stories of the people who make space exploration happen. Tune into the final episode to re-live some of the highlights: go.nasa.gov/3BZhh6d pic.twitter.com/jXLe3FJxtw https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1559195654252949505

So long, and thanks for all the #GravityAssist episodes. Revisit highlights from the past five years of podcast conversations with amazing scientists, tour our home planet, and venture across the universe: go.nasa.gov/3PkGvPo pic.twitter.com/8cnMKr3Rxf https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1558156432540835840

What does Mars sound like? Listen or read along to the latest episode of the #GravityAssist podcast as we take you on a guided tour of the otherworldly sounds recorded by @NASAPersevere on the Red Planet: go.nasa.gov/3QrnAnH pic.twitter.com/ktt1af64UE https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1537877160236437504

We asked an expert all about space botany. Spoiler alert: it involves potatoes. From successful experiments to future techniques to grow crops on the Moon and Mars, we cover it all in the latest episode of the #GravityAssist podcast. Listen or read along: nasa.gov/mediacast/grav… pic.twitter.com/wAT0acfVEO https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1528116002873040896

Hot on the heels of #EarthDay, learn how a visiting scientist at @NASAGoddard studies glaciers on Earth, and thinks about the possibility of life under the ice of Europa. Here's the transcript and audio of this episode of our #GravityAssist podcast: go.nasa.gov/3k5x3lS pic.twitter.com/pjrUkAVLVH https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1518579360843718657

Every day, thousands of tiny pieces of rock fall to Earth from space. Where do they come from? What can they tell us about our planet? Planetary scientist Neyda Abreu has the answers on our latest #GravityAssist podcast episode: go.nasa.gov/3ijseoc pic.twitter.com/asfnuS2pAK https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1504920090151632906

The dinosaurs didn’t have a space program – but we do! On #GravityAssist, Nancy Chabot of @JHUAPL talks about the #DARTMission, which will demonstrate one technique to change the course of an asteroid if one were ever in danger of colliding with Earth. 🎧 go.nasa.gov/3oQoKfM pic.twitter.com/PyvGvbsnfP https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1461820709747888129

Check out this new #GravityAssist podcast episode featuring JPL engineer Janelle Wellons. She chats with @nasa Chief Scientist Jim Green on her journey to creating commands for spacecraft that explore our solar system and observe our home planet. 🎧: go.nasa.gov/3koYHK4 pic.twitter.com/42DOpOYp2M https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1432866477497929728

Venus is so close, yet so far in terms of our understanding. It may have once had an ocean like Earth’s, and volcanoes may be erupting there today. In a new episode of #GravityAssist, hear Dr. Lori Glaze discuss two new missions we'll be sending there. 🔊 go.nasa.gov/3BS3Hif pic.twitter.com/3eIn3eWLXW https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1420485746155089920

A mission to one of the most mysterious destinations in the asteroid belt is preparing for flight. In the latest episode of the #GravityAssist podcast, NASA’s chief scientist discusses our #MissionToPysche with planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton: go.nasa.gov/3hs3f13 pic.twitter.com/ETY2L5CU5u https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1412521805873442819

Even as the @NASAPersevere rover closes in on Mars for its Feb. 18 landing, the @MarsCuriosity rover continues to explore. In the latest #GravityAssist podcast, hear rover driver Sophia Mitchell talk about operating a spacecraft 100 million miles away: go.nasa.gov/3b4DMaR pic.twitter.com/NmE9cVfCsv https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1360380832427298818

Check out the latest episode of our #GravityAssist podcast, “The Bright Spot of the Asteroid Belt.” Join Dr. Jim Green, NASA’s chief scientist, and astrobiologist Dr. Britney Schmidt to learn more about an intriguing world, Ceres. 📺 go.nasa.gov/38tqAe4 pic.twitter.com/mH98bkeWuQ https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1341096567890092033

Have a question about how @nasa is looking for life beyond Earth, or what we know about life’s beginnings? Post your questions using #GravityAssist, and we’ll answer some of them during an upcoming episode of our Gravity Assist podcast: nasa.gov/gravityassist pic.twitter.com/8MyBhZXMg2 https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1338981642065481728

“I've had the most wonderful two and a half years to date of being the Planetary Protection Officer.” In the latest episode of #GravityAssist, Lisa Pratt is ensuring @NASAPersevere doesn’t transport Earthly bacteria on its #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/5zqIE6vaKd https://t.co/N0qgwkHCyh https://twitter.com/WomenNASA/status/1284880707454742531

How would we detect signals that come from distant civilizations, if they're out there? 📡🤔 Scientists are trying to find out. In this #GravityAssist podcast episode, we learn about the search for technosignatures – the telltale signs of advanced life: https://t.co/u8fLbCkADJ https://t.co/hKmTQfShj4 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1276908650926350337