Mr Adriaan and family
Happy Birthday Solar Orbiter!!
Today 10 February, it is one year since the Solar Orbiter's launch!! And so much has happened in this last year: - We were so lucky to be...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Preparing for the second close encounter, and thinking back about the first
On Wednesday 10 February 2021, Solar Orbiter will come as 'close' as 74 million kilometers from the Sun. That may sound very far still...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
Mission Phases: getting to know a spacecraft and its instruments
After a spacecraft launch, you cannot just switch it on and start doing science. It is far more complicated than that. A mission...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Orbiting the Sun to explore all sides of it
When spacecraft get launched into space, they do not follow a straight line. They are affected by the big gravity of planets or stars and...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
One Billion Kilometres !
Today, 27 Jan 2021 around 16:15 (*), Solar Orbiter has reached one billion kilometre flown since launch!! What a distance! And that in a...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
2 weeks after
2 weeks since the launch of Solar Orbiter … what has happened since then? When a satellite gets launched, it is in its most compact form,...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
No words - magnificent posters and satellites
My superclass 4C, kids of 9-10 years old, did a wonderful project, I'm so proud. All the students were engaged and wanted to create...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Feb 12, 2020
- 1 min
Movie Atlas V Solar Orbiter Rocket Cam
Watch this movie till the end ! Rocket technology is cool and amazing ! Thx ULAlaunch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCq5qYFHfE&featur...
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Mr Adriaan and family
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
Buzz Aldrin - Launch was a success
Woooow, yesterday wrote Buzz Aldrin on Twitter : "Well done NASA, ESA and ULAlaunch on last night's launch! Looking forward to seeing the...
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