David Mimoun
@moonnext.bsky.social
Proud dad, Space Systems Prof U Toulouse- Mars Microphone @NasaPersevere Venus balloons #PlanetaryScience & SoCal addict. IHEDN 75e PolDef . Reserve Cit. AAE
The Bernard Lyot Telescope (TBL, diameter 2m), located on the observation platform of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre (Alt 2877m) is a national telescope. It is managed by the Observatoire Midi Pyrénées
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Bernard Lyot Telescope (TBL, diameter 2m), located on the observation platform of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre (Alt 2877m) is a national telescope. It is managed by the Observatoire Midi Pyrénées
The Pic du Midi Observatory is a magical place
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Pic du Midi Observatory is a magical place
I’m glad to share that our PACIS instrument has passed its Preliminary Design Review. This confirms that our instrument architecture and technical choices are robust enough to move into detailed design.
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m glad to share that our PACIS instrument has passed its Preliminary Design Review. This confirms that our instrument architecture and technical choices are robust enough to move into detailed design.
Around the Moon and back next February? arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
NASA targeting early February for Artemis II mission to the Moon
“There is a desire for us to be the first to return to the surface of the Moon.”…
arstechnica.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Around the Moon and back next February? arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Back to science ! Start of the SuperCam week in sunny Saint Lary, French Pyrenees. Let’s talk about Perseverance results
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Back to science ! Start of the SuperCam week in sunny Saint Lary, French Pyrenees. Let’s talk about Perseverance results
Even if in this particular case the press release is likely a PR operation to bring back MSR to life at a time US colleagues need to lobby the
congress, having these samples back is more than worth fighting for.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
congress, having these samples back is more than worth fighting for.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Even if in this particular case the press release is likely a PR operation to bring back MSR to life at a time US colleagues need to lobby the
congress, having these samples back is more than worth fighting for.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
congress, having these samples back is more than worth fighting for.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
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#Mars #InSight
Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior
➡️ Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts 🧪 #PlanetSci
www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior
➡️ Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts 🧪 #PlanetSci
www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior
Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts
www.science.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#Mars #InSight
Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior
➡️ Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts 🧪 #PlanetSci
www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
Data from defunct NASA lander paint a radical new picture of Mars’s interior
➡️ Studies identify a solid inner core and buried remnants of giant impacts 🧪 #PlanetSci
www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
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New research revealed that Mars' innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth's.
@umdgeology.bsky.social's Nick Schmerr weighed in on these findings with @sciencex.bsky.social, noting that questions regarding Mars' core are far from settled. 🔭 #PlanetaryScience
@umdgeology.bsky.social's Nick Schmerr weighed in on these findings with @sciencex.bsky.social, noting that questions regarding Mars' core are far from settled. 🔭 #PlanetaryScience
Marsquakes indicate a solid core for the red planet, just like Earth
Scientists revealed Wednesday that Mars' innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth's.
phys.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New research revealed that Mars' innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth's.
@umdgeology.bsky.social's Nick Schmerr weighed in on these findings with @sciencex.bsky.social, noting that questions regarding Mars' core are far from settled. 🔭 #PlanetaryScience
@umdgeology.bsky.social's Nick Schmerr weighed in on these findings with @sciencex.bsky.social, noting that questions regarding Mars' core are far from settled. 🔭 #PlanetaryScience
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@mhairireid.bsky.social and I put together an article for @theconversation.com about yesterday's @nature.com paper on the detection of a 600 km radius solid core in the interior of #Mars! 🧪🔭 #planetsci
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Mars has a solid inner core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery — new study
It turns out that Mars has a similar interior structure to Earth.
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@mhairireid.bsky.social and I put together an article for @theconversation.com about yesterday's @nature.com paper on the detection of a 600 km radius solid core in the interior of #Mars! 🧪🔭 #planetsci
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Propagation of the Aude wildfires in the South of France . Astounding
C’est un véritable désastre écologique dans l’Aude. En à peine 7h, plus de 7000 hectares sont partis en fumée, avec un front de feu de >30km de long. La vitesse de propagation est exceptionnelle : nous assistons probablement au feu de forêt le + rapide et le plus violent du XXIᵉ siècle en France 1/2
August 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Propagation of the Aude wildfires in the South of France . Astounding
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Here’s a little mission design I’ve been working on behind the scenes these past few months for exploring Mars with a small fleet of helicopters! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAu...
#planetsci #nasa
#planetsci #nasa
Introducing Skyfall: Future Concept Mars Helicopters Paving the Way for First Martian Astronauts
YouTube video by AV
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Here’s a little mission design I’ve been working on behind the scenes these past few months for exploring Mars with a small fleet of helicopters! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAu...
#planetsci #nasa
#planetsci #nasa
Happy to be here at international planetary probe workshop IPPW25
June 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happy to be here at international planetary probe workshop IPPW25
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The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
This is an extinction level budget
The NASA budget req would end NASA's participation in ESA's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover (as anticipated) along with MSR, NASA's two Venus probes (DAVINCI and VERITAS) and coop with ESA on theirs (EnVision), and somewhat surprisingly OSIRIS-APEX and Juno, both already in space.
May 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is an extinction level budget
🚀 Big news from ESA’s planetary defence mission RAMSES, targeting asteroid Apophis in 2029:
A second CubeSat has been selected — and it’s carrying something special from 🇫🇷 France.
🛰️🔧 #planetaryscience
A second CubeSat has been selected — and it’s carrying something special from 🇫🇷 France.
🛰️🔧 #planetaryscience
May 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚀 Big news from ESA’s planetary defence mission RAMSES, targeting asteroid Apophis in 2029:
A second CubeSat has been selected — and it’s carrying something special from 🇫🇷 France.
🛰️🔧 #planetaryscience
A second CubeSat has been selected — and it’s carrying something special from 🇫🇷 France.
🛰️🔧 #planetaryscience
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Forgot all the feeds. Check this out 👇 🧪⚒️🛰️ #PlanetaryScience
Cool new paper out. Ryan Park and Alex Berne (with the help of a lot of other co-authors including a tiny role from me) pushed the GRAIL lunar gravity data further than before, notably updating the estimate of the k3 Love number.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-st...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-st...
NASA Studies Reveal Hidden Secrets About Interiors of Moon, Vesta
Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary structures without having to land on the surface.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
May 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Forgot all the feeds. Check this out 👇 🧪⚒️🛰️ #PlanetaryScience
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Perseverance captured a new selfie to celebrate 1500 Sols on Mars.
The rover is currently investigating the outer rim of Jezero crater near an outcrop named Sally's Cove. #planetsci
Full panorama: www.360cities.net/image/persev...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß
The rover is currently investigating the outer rim of Jezero crater near an outcrop named Sally's Cove. #planetsci
Full panorama: www.360cities.net/image/persev...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß
May 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Perseverance captured a new selfie to celebrate 1500 Sols on Mars.
The rover is currently investigating the outer rim of Jezero crater near an outcrop named Sally's Cove. #planetsci
Full panorama: www.360cities.net/image/persev...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß
The rover is currently investigating the outer rim of Jezero crater near an outcrop named Sally's Cove. #planetsci
Full panorama: www.360cities.net/image/persev...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß
Intesting comments here .
Ah ... didn't realize the news was out already.
The scoop on Leshin's exit from JPL:
www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/n...
#planetsci 📰🚀🧪
The scoop on Leshin's exit from JPL:
www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/n...
#planetsci 📰🚀🧪
NASA JPL director quits for 'personal reasons'
: Laurie Leshin to leave in June
www.theregister.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Intesting comments here .
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After serving as Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and VP of Caltech for three years, I have decided to step down, effective June 1. Though not an easy decision, I strongly believe it is the right one for me, my family, and the Lab. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/dave-ga...
May 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
After serving as Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and VP of Caltech for three years, I have decided to step down, effective June 1. Though not an easy decision, I strongly believe it is the right one for me, my family, and the Lab. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/dave-ga...
Wow ! Curiosity rover has found compelling evidence of an ancient carbon cycle on Mars—similar to Earth’s, but incomplete. This may change how we think about Mars’ climate history. #Mars #PlanetaryScience
April 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wow ! Curiosity rover has found compelling evidence of an ancient carbon cycle on Mars—similar to Earth’s, but incomplete. This may change how we think about Mars’ climate history. #Mars #PlanetaryScience
Obviously any civilization on this planet will have a hard time getting to orbit with any possible kind of chemical propulsion rocket
April 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Obviously any civilization on this planet will have a hard time getting to orbit with any possible kind of chemical propulsion rocket
According to @arstechnica.com The Trump administration’s FY2026 budget proposal significantly reduces NASA’s science budget—by over 50%.
The most affected domain: Planetary Science, with multiple high-priority missions facing deferral or cancellation. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
The most affected domain: Planetary Science, with multiple high-priority missions facing deferral or cancellation. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
arstechnica.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
According to @arstechnica.com The Trump administration’s FY2026 budget proposal significantly reduces NASA’s science budget—by over 50%.
The most affected domain: Planetary Science, with multiple high-priority missions facing deferral or cancellation. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
The most affected domain: Planetary Science, with multiple high-priority missions facing deferral or cancellation. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
arstechnica.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
According to @arstechnica.com The Trump administration’s FY2026 budget proposal significantly reduces NASA’s science budget—by over 50%.
The most affected domain: Planetary Science, with multiple high-priority missions facing deferral or cancellation. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
The most affected domain: Planetary Science, with multiple high-priority missions facing deferral or cancellation. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
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3.7 billion years in the making – DLR’s #HRSC onboard @esa.int’s #Mars Express captured the Acheron Fossae region, a landscape shaped by tectonic forces, ancient glaciers & lava flows. 🌋🧊
ℹ️: www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...
#planetsci 🔭
ℹ️: www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...
#planetsci 🔭
April 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
3.7 billion years in the making – DLR’s #HRSC onboard @esa.int’s #Mars Express captured the Acheron Fossae region, a landscape shaped by tectonic forces, ancient glaciers & lava flows. 🌋🧊
ℹ️: www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...
#planetsci 🔭
ℹ️: www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...
#planetsci 🔭
A new study led by @isae-supaero.bsky.social researcher @Stott_Alex has proposed a groundbreaking method to monitor Martian weather by converting Nasa Insight's seismic noise into wind data.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
WindSightNet: The Inter‐Annual Variability of Martian Winds Retrieved From InSight's Seismic Data With Machine Learning
We introduce a neural network to produce wind retrievals from the seismic data on InSight
A year-to-year comparison confirms the consistency in the winds at InSight predominantly driven by large ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A new study led by @isae-supaero.bsky.social researcher @Stott_Alex has proposed a groundbreaking method to monitor Martian weather by converting Nasa Insight's seismic noise into wind data.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...