Mastodawn

ESA's #EnVision mission is set to launch in 2031, heading for #Venus. The goal is to learn more about the planet's #geology, its possible current #activity, and its interactions with the #atmosphere.

To this end, the probe will carry several imaging #spectrometers covering wavelength ranges from UV to infrared. A first #spectrum of the optical prototype has just been obtained. The Preliminary Design Review is underway...

https://www.irap.omp.eu/en/2026/01/first-spectrum-for-the-optical-prototype-of-the-venscpec-u-instrument-for-esas-envision-mission/

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Sep 7, 2025

Quantifying Methane Emissions From United States Landfills
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi7735 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #aerial #remotesensing #earthobservation #methane #US #USA #landfill #landfills #emission #solidwaste #waste #anthropogenic #climatechange #greehousegas #imaging #spectrometers #spatialanalysis #systematic #monitoring #measurements #exceedance #wastemanagement #mitigation #engineering #AVIRIS

IL Photonics Aug 21, 2025

Virtually Imaged Phased Arrays (#VIPAs) are contributing to #Brillouin #microscopy, enabling a deeper understanding of biological tissue mechanics. Brillouin microscopy analyzes the inelastic #scattering of light, offering insights into mechanical properties. VIPAs play a crucial role in the #spectrometers used for this technique, helping to precisely measure the subtle frequency shifts that occur. Learn more: https://ilphotonics.com/exploring-the-role-of-vipas-in-brillouin-microscopy/

Exploring the Role of VIPAs in Brillouin Microscopy | IL Photonics

This 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗐 Virtually Imaged Phased Arrays 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗇 microscopy.

IL Photonics

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Apr 28, 2025

NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals From Skies Above Western US - Technology Used To Chart Other Worlds Is Revealing Minerals In The American West That Are Critical To The Country’s Renewable Energy Future.
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-flights-map-critical-minerals-from-skies-above-western-us/ <-- shared technical article
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https://popo.jpl.nasa.gov/mmgis-aviris/?mission=GEMx <-- shared GEMx data collection portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #mineral #mineralogy #mining #criticalminerals #USWest #renewableenergy #lithium #GEMx #fedscience #cost #economics #USGS #NASA #GeologicalEarthMappingExperiment #lithium #aluminum #rareearthelements #neodymium #cerium #nationalsecurity #cleanenergy #batteries #smartphones #cellphones #naturalresources #steel #steelmill #dependency #localsources #importing #survey #geology #geologicmapping #exploration #spectrometers #hyperspectral #EMIT #mine #extraction #EarthMRI #opendata
@USGS @nasa

NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals from Skies Above Western US

Technology used to chart other worlds is revealing minerals in the American West that are critical to the country’s renewable energy future.

NASA Science

IRAP Jan 26, 2024

[#SpaceNews] The final adoption of the #EnVision mission by ESA (https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/We_re_heading_for_Venus_ESA_approves_EnVision) is excellent news for @IRAP staff involved in the design of several instruments - including imaging #spectrometers

[#ActuSpatiale] L'adoption définitive de la mission #EnVision par l'ESA (https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/We_re_heading_for_Venus_ESA_approves_EnVision) est une excellente nouvelle pour les personnels de l'@IRAP impliqués dans la conception de plusieurs instruments - dont des #spectromètres imageurs

Details : https://www.irap.omp.eu/en/project/envision-2/

We're heading for Venus: ESA approves EnVision

ESA’s next mission to Venus was officially ‘adopted’ today by the Agency’s Science Programme Committee. EnVision will study Venus from its inner core to its outer atmosphere, giving important new insight into the planet's history, geological activity and climate.

Spaceflight 🚀Jun 3, 2023

#NYT 📆 May 29, 2023 #UAE 🇦🇪 #AsteroidBelt ☄️ mission : The #MBRExplorer is scheduled to sidle up within a few hundred feet of #Justitia in 📆 October 2034 and spend at least seven months studying it with cameras 🎥 and #spectrometers that will be able to identify the #asteroid’s #composition, including the presence of water 💧. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/science/uae-asteroid-mission.html

#AsteroidMining

Picture : #NASA #ISRU Pilot Excavator https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISRU_Pilot_Excavator_(KSC-20220728-PH-FMX01_0140).jpeg

MBR Explorer: UAE Plans Space Mission to Explore Asteroid Belt

After a successful mission to Mars, the Emirati space agency is planning a tour of the debris field between Mars and Jupiter, with a focus on one of its most intriguing objects.

The New York Times

John Price Nov 12, 2022

I’m the kind of #physics person who likes to build #ScientificInstruments, lately #benchtopNMR #spectrometers for #chemistry. I need lots of #tools to do my thing. This is my #Hardinge HLV-H #lathe, just after I finished a renovation in 2017. It was made in 1968 in Elmira, New York. In that era in the US, there were two competing high-precision “tool room” lathes, this one and the Monarch 10EE.