Human Spaceflight

Human for scale 🧍

Chiara meets Amalia 🤝 @esa ExoMars rover engineer Chiara Lombardi stands next to Amalia, a twin model of the Rosalind Franklin rover, after it drove off its landing platform.

This will be one of the most critical moments of the mission when the rover reaches Mars in 2030.

Europe's most sophisticated robot arm has a shoulder, elbow and wrist, along with built-in brain and eyes 🦾

With a reach of up to 2.4 metres, the Sample Transfer Arm performs a large range of movements with millimetre precision 🎯

Here's a closer look at its gripping hand: esa.int/media/about-us…

📸: @esa/@LDO_Space

🔴 There is hot news coming from Mars.

For the first time, orbital data is revealing signs of young volcanism. Deep down, Mars might not be geologically dead, just sleeping.

@esa’s Trace Gas Orbiter detected hydrogen chloride, a gas that escapes from volcanic vents on Earth: esa.int/articles/news-…

🔴 40 000+ Mars orbits
🌅 30 000+ sunrises and sunsets
📊 600+ gigabytes, more than all other Mars spacecraft combined

Meet the #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, @esa's largest and most sophisticated martian explorer.

👋 Meet Mars!

🔴 Here are seven things you might not know about our planetary neighbour.

🎙️ Narration: AI-generated voice.