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Anna Purdue retweeted
We're looking for a talented Communications and Engagement Officer with a flair for developing engaging content and a keen interest in space! 🪐🛰️
🔗 careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car…
📆 Apply by May 19 2024
ALT RAL Space communications staff and a film crew filming inside our large space test chamber.
Anna Purdue retweeted
Incoming Message: Andromeda the Astronaut has escaped!
Help us track down Andromeda who is wanted for not following clean room protocol. ✨💫
Do you accept this mission? #RALOutlaws🌟
Anna Purdue retweeted
We've had a brilliant time at @ukspaceconf this week! 🛰️
RAL Space exhibited alongside colleagues from across @UKRI_News, and our colleagues took part in a number of fantastic talks and panel sessions.
Our director Sarah Beardsley reflects on some highlights from the event 👇💫
Anna Purdue retweeted
Quantum Key Distribution is set to revolutionise the way we secure our data. But what is it, how does it work, and why are we using satellites to demonstrate this technology?🛰️🔒
We've published a new explainer video that explains all!👉youtube.com/watch?v=22F4fK1I… #QuantumShowcase23
ALT Screencap from the animated video, showing a person looking up towards a satellite in space, with floating currency and security symbols to illustrate the sectors that might benefit from QKD technology.
Hello, long time no tweets! Any spacey / #scicomm people made the move to Threads yet? Still trying to figure it out but it’s worth a go since I barely use Twitter nowadays. 😅
It’s been a while Twitter but Merry Christmas!! 🎄🥰
ALT Me and my two dogs (two of us are wearing Christmas jumpers!)
Anna Purdue retweeted
Reminder about our funding opportunity!
We're looking for an artist/s to help us explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding how @UKRI_News will reach carbon neutral computing.
Proposal deadline = Friday 14th October
net-zero-dri.ceda.ac.uk/news…
@ahrcpress
ALT Stock image with multi colour paint on the canvas
Anna Purdue retweeted
We're at the #UKinSpaceFestival today! Join us at @spacecentre to have a go at building and testing a spacecraft on our mini shaker table to see if it could survive a rocket launch 🚀
ALT Four staff standing at the stall with the mini shaker table and activity booklets.
Anna Purdue retweeted
The Microwave Sounder (MWS) instrument, which underwent a calibration campaign using our facilities, has been mounted to one of @ESA's #MetOp Second Generation weather satellites! 🛰️👏
Read more about the instrument and our involvement 👉ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/MW…
ALT MetOp-SG Satellite A
ALT MWS leaving the thermal test chamber at RAL Space
Anna Purdue retweeted
1/ New tech developed at RAL Space is set to significantly improve weather forecasting capabilities. The Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HYMS) will be prepared for space deployment under a new partnership with @SpireGlobal! 🚀
👉ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/In…
ALT The HYMS instrument in the lab at RAL Space.
Seeing your own email address as the next point of contact on the person you’re trying to email’s out of office
ALT Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man
Anna Purdue retweeted
The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope’s first full-colour images & spectroscopic data were released today. Read more here esawebb.org/news/weic2210/ or👇
Anna Purdue retweeted
1/ Here they are!🤩 The first full colour images from @ESA_Webb have been released!
Scientists, engineers and astronomers from @stfc_matters’ @ukatc and RAL Space have contributed to Webb, which is the largest, most powerful telescope launched into space👉ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Fi…
ALT MIRI shows never-before-seen details of Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies.
ALT The Southern ring nebula, captured by Webb's MIRI instrument.
Anna Purdue retweeted
Tune in today from 14:45 BST for the live release of @ESA_Webb's first images!🌌👉esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_W…
In the meantime, we'll be sharing some stories from our staff who were involved in Webb's MIRI instrument - starting with our chief engineer Paul Eccleston. 🛰️ @STFC_Matters
Anna Purdue retweeted
This one. You want to click this one:
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Anna Purdue retweeted
📢 The moment we have been waiting for is here. #Webb delivers deepest infrared image of Universe yet in special briefing. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image features the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, which is overflowing with detail esawebb.org/announcements/an… 👇
Anna Purdue retweeted
This is a big milestone for @ArielTelescope and we're excited to be involved! 🪐 We'll be building and testing the payload module, as well as managing hardware contributions from other consortium members. 🛰️
@STFC_Matters @UCL_CSED @OxfordPhysics @cardiffPHYSX @ESAArielMission
The UK will invest £30 million in @ESA's #Ariel exoplanet telescope, securing a leading role in the mission. 🛰️
Due to launch in 2029, Ariel will teach us more about what distant worlds are made of, with world-class UK space science at its heart. 🔭🌑
gov.uk/government/news/uk-ta…
