@SOSWAPI

Professor of Physics, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London. Principal Investigator of the Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) on ESAs Solar Orbiter

 Holmbury St Mary UK
ucl.ac.uk/mssl/space-plasma-physics
Joined October 2011
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
ULA
@ulalaunch9 Feb 2021
#OTD 1 year ago, @esa/@NASA @ESASolarOrbiter launched on a ULA #AtlasV 411 rocket to study the ☀️ up close! #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters #ExplorationEnabled Relive the launch! 🚀 📸:flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/… 📹:youtube.com/watch?v=Em7YbFk0…
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
Global News Toronto
@globalnewsto16 Jul 2020
COVID-19 might have a high recovery rate, but are there any long-term impacts? Neuroscientist Dr. Adrian Owen @Comadork explains the potential impact the virus could have on the brains of patients who tested positive
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
Yannis Zouganelis@SolarBoy_202016 Jul 2020
Plasma composition on the Sun and around the spacecraft, first data and images by @ESASolarOrbiter @esa @nasa #TheSunUpClose
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
ESA Science
@esascience16 Jul 2020
#ICYMI Our #SolarOrbiter mission just released its first images, revealing never-before seen features on the Sun! Enjoy the stunning views and find out more in these interviews with @ESASolarOrbiter scientists Daniel Müller & Anik De Groof: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Video… #TheSunUpClose

Solar Orbiter first images revealed

ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent back its first images of the Sun. At 77 million kilometres from the surface, this is the closest a camera has ever flown to our nearest star.

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🛰️☀️📷 #TheSunUpClose ⬇️⬇️
ESA Science
@esascience14 Jul 2020
Are you also curious about the first images from @ESASolarOrbiter? 📽️Watch the online briefing live on ESA Web TV 🗓️Thursday 16 July 08:00 EDT/13:00 BST/14:00 CEST 👉esawebtv.esa.int #TheSunUpClose Details: esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
UK Space Agency
@spacegovuk29 Jun 2020
How do you operate a spacecraft when its control room has to close? 🛰️ Read the story to find out how one of the most delicate instruments on @ESASolarOrbiter had to be controlled by a @MSSLSpaceLab team, led from a two-year old's nursery! 👇 #COVID19
ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter29 Jun 2020
#SolarOrbiter is undoubtedly the first mission whose instruments were completely commissioned from people's homes. Read the full story of commissioning a spacecraft amid #Covid19 . It's been a challenge for all involed, but now, we are ready for science! esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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#SolarOrbiter is undoubtedly the first mission whose instruments were completely commissioned from people's homes. Read the full story of commissioning a spacecraft amid #Covid19 . It's been a challenge for all involed, but now, we are ready for science! esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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#SolarOrbiter is probably the first spacecraft in history whose instruments were largely commissioned from home. Here Chris Owen, the principal investigator behind SWA, in his #COVID19 home-office, which is actually his son's playroom. Read more: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image… @SOSWAPI
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Yannis Zouganelis@SolarBoy_202026 Jun 2020
We had to improvise a lot for commissioning our @esa & @NASASun spacecraft from home! This is a first! Here is @SOSWAPI using his son’s playroom.
ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter26 Jun 2020
#SolarOrbiter is probably the first spacecraft in history whose instruments were largely commissioned from home. Here Chris Owen, the principal investigator behind SWA, in his #COVID19 home-office, which is actually his son's playroom. Read more: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image… @SOSWAPI
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More @BBCNews from my brother @SOSWAPI on the @ESASolarOrbiter's big trip around the sun. Delighted to hear that "mission control" has been moved to my youngest nephew's nursery, tho also concerned that control may end up in the wrong (tiny) pair of hands youtu.be/2g29nYoTwCI

Chris Owen on BBC News

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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“I’ve been commanding instruments from a spacecraft the other side of Venus from…..my son’s nursery”. Awesome @BBCWorld interview with my brother @SOSWAPI describing how he and his team are still managing to do extraordinary science during the #pandemic. youtube.com/watch?v=8gGDN9ju…

Chris Owen on BBC World News

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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
UCL News@uclnews16 Jun 2020
The @ESASolarOrbiter mission, which is carrying @UCL-built instruments to study the Sun up close, is 77 million km from the Sun's surface, half the distance between Earth and the Sun. No one has ever been closer with a camera! @MSSLSpaceLab @uclmaps ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/jun/sola…
Solar Orbiter reaches first perihelion Credit: ESA

ALT Solar Orbiter reaches first perihelion Credit: ESA

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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
UCL News@uclnews29 May 2020
In the next few days @ESASolarOrbiter will pass through the tail of Comet #ATLAS while carrying @UCL instruments. Noticed by Prof Geraint Jones @einionyn @MSSLSpaceLab, this is the first unplanned spacecraft comet pass to have been predicted in advance ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/may/sola…
Comet ATLAS captured by Hubble on 23 April 2020 credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland)

ALT Comet ATLAS captured by Hubble on 23 April 2020 credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland)

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If there’s one thing we should all learn from this pandemic, it’s that #ScienceRocks #StayAtHome #GoScience #WesternU youtube.com/watch?v=3ZYAMnZn…

Neuroscientists at Western University, Canada say #StayAtHome

Adrian Owen OBE, PhDHooman Ganjavi, MD, PHDConor Wild, PhDTim Bu...

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Daniel Verscharen@DVerscharen9 Apr 2020
Check out this article in @PhysicsWorld about our @ucl @MSSLSpaceLab MSc programme in #space #science and #engineering🚀🛰! Featuring our 2019 #graduate Stephanie Mottershead and @SOSWAPI. Application deadline for next year: 24/07/2020! @ESASolarOrbiter physicsworld.com/a/space-sci…
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
ESA Operations
@esaoperations10 Feb 2020
Hey @torybruno We just ran the post-launch numbers: #AtlasV put @ESASolarOrbiter onto its planned trajectory w/pinpoint precision (within 1m/sec speed, 0.02 degrees direction). Kudos to the entire team! @ulalaunch @nasa PS: We expected no less ;-) #SolarSystemsToughestCustomers
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Christopher J. Owen retweeted
European Space Agency
@esa10 Feb 2020
Images from this morning's @ESASolarOrbiter launch from @NASAKennedy - find more in this album: flic.kr/s/aHsmLiFkVx #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters 📷 Credit: ESA-S.Corvaja
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Yannis Zouganelis@SolarBoy_20209 Feb 2020
I estimate that more than 3000 scientists will be analyzing @esascience & @NASASun @ESASolarOrbiter data in the next years. But these guys, the Principal Investigators of our instruments, are our real bosses and heroes. #HappyToServe #0daysleft #5hoursleft
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Had not seen the Heroes and Legends Hall @NASAKennedy until today. Privileged to have met some of these in my time ... and of course who can argue with a well positioned camera @HasingerProf @SOSWAPI Tim Horbury
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Replying to @ESASolarOrbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter Principal Investigators and (Funding) Member State Steering Board teams line up including Prof Tim Horbury @IC_SpaceAtmos Chris Owen @SOSWAPI @mssl_solar and Rosemary Young @spacegovuk #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters
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