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SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern conducts space research during suborbital spaceflight aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern conducts space research during suborbital

Stern tested procedures and trained for a future NASA-funded suborbital flight experiment

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The New Horizons spacecraft has zipped past Ultima Thule more than 4 billion miles from Earth! Congratulations @NASA , @JHUAPL , @SwRI , and all mission partners! At this distance, it will take 6 hours for the spacecraft to “phone home” with news about the encounter. Stay tuned!

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SwRI in the news: Potentially life-friendly moon at Jupiter makes squeaky sounds

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If you haven’t heard, NASA TV and NASA Social will be covering Ultima Thule flyby events! Also, be sure to scroll to the end of the story to hear Chris Pratt (AKA Guardians of the Galaxy’s Peter Quill) share his support of the New Horizons mission.

NASA turns lights back on for New Horizons mission to Ultima Thule

NASA announced it would turn the lights on and broadcast New Horizon's New Year's Day flyby of Ultima Thule.

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As you’ve heard, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will fly past Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule. But what is the Kuiper Belt? Find out more about this vast region of space!

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SwRI scientists created the Clockwork Starfish, which has magnetic sides that allow it to attach to an asteroid and then turn itself inside out to gather samples. Here it is being tested in low gravity yesterday aboard @BlueOrigin 's New Shepard launch vehicle.

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SwRI’s Singer wins Urey Prize for planetary research

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Breaking! NASA has selected SwRI to lead PUNCH, a mission that will use a constellation of four microsatellites to study how the Sun’s corona connects with the interplanetary medium. SwRI’s Craig DeForest is principal investigator. Congrats, Team PUNCH!

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SwRI planetary scientist to fly with NASA-funded research aboard commercial space flight

SwRI planetary scientist to fly with NASA-funded research aboard

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) planetary scientist has been chosen to be the first group to conduct NASA-funded science experiments while flying aboard a commercial spacecraft, the space

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In a new blog, SwRI’s @AlanStern writes about an incredible new milestone for the New Horizons mission. The spacecraft will soon reach a distance from Earth of 50 AU — that’s 50 times the distance of the Sun to the Earth! Read more.

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The New Horizons spacecraft reached an incredible milestone over the weekend when it passed the 50 AU mark — 50 times the distance of the Sun from the Earth! It’s only the fifth spacecraft to ever reach that distance. Read more from PI @AlanStern .

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Is Pluto a planet? SwRI’s Alan Stern and Curtin University professor Ron Ekers will debate that question at the 2,409th Meeting of The Society April 29 in Washington, D.C. What do you think? Should Pluto regain planetary status or remain a dwarf planet?

A Planet Definition Debate - Alan Stern (PI New Horizons Mission) & Ron Ekers (Past President IAU)

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What do New Horizons scientists expect to learn as the spacecraft flies by Ultima Thule in the Kuiper Belt? Find out here!

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At 29, Alex Parker is the youngest of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute principal investigators. Congrats, Alex!

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The eclipse may be over, but we want to see your photos! These were taken during totality by an SwRI staff member in their backyard. #Eclipse2024 #WeAreSwRI

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SwRI in the news: Hubble examines massive metal asteroid called ‘Psyche’ that’s worth way more than our global economy

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SwRI in the news: Juno takes first images of Ganymede's North Pole

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SwRI’s new aerospace acoustic testing system can simulate the deafening noise of a rocket launch

SwRI’s new aerospace acoustic testing system can simulate the

Specially designed speakers can reach up to 150 decibels in SwRI’s Space Systems Integration Facility

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SwRI in the news: Ultima Thule latest: an ancient red worldlet, dancing lobe to lobe

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SwRI’s Tracy Becker has been honored by the @SABizJournal as a 40 Under 40 winner. The award recognizes her as a rising star in San Antonio. Congratulations, Tracy!

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SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun

SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the

Measurements taken by the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft are providing important new insights from some of the farthest reaches of space ever explored.

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SwRI-led Lucy mission completes critical design review

The Lucy mission led by Southwest Research Institute is one step closer to its 2021 launch to explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of ancient small bodies that share an orbit with Jupiter. With

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SwRI’s Jessica Martinez decorated her office with the “ultimate” in valentines. For the record, a trip to Ultima Thule and back would take about 26 years traveling eight billion miles. That’s a lot of love. Happy Valentine’s Day! @AlanStern

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SwRI, UTSA to study hypersonic separation events with $1.5 million grant

SwRI, UTSA to study hypersonic separation events with $1.5 million

Novel experiments to advance capabilities of hypersonic vehicles

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SwRI scientist part of team characterizing near-Earth objects

SwRI scientist part of team characterizing near Earth objects

A Southwest Research Institute scientist is helping NASA observe and characterize near-Earth objects (NEOs) that could pose a threat to Earth or have potential for further exploration.

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SwRI will be rooting for the home team as @UTSA plays in the C-USA Football Championship game tonight against Western Kentucky University. Congratulations on an amazing season, Runners! #BirdsUp

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SwRI in the news: NASA’s New Horizons probe prepares to make history— again

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SwRI’s Alyssa Rhoden has been named co-leader of NASA’s Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW), a five-year effort to identify liquid water ocean worlds in our solar system that may harbor life. Congratulations, Alyssa!

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New SwRI models reveal inner complexity of Saturn moon

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It wouldn’t be spring without the sight of an adorable fawn somewhere on our 1,500-acre campus. SwRI photographer Ian McKinney recently captured this photo of a white-tailed deer fawn near one of our chemistry buildings. Happy Friday!

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SwRI’s Alan Stern is inducted into Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame tonight. Congratulations, Alan!

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SwRI to plan Pluto orbiter mission

NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission. This study will develop the spacecraft and payload

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We <3 Pluto and will soon come to <3 Ultima Thule, the next flyby for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it continues its exploration of the solar system. Closest approach is at 12:33 am EST on New Year’s Day. Join us! @NewHorizons2015 #HappyFriday

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SwRI-led team discovers surprisingly old surface on near-Earth asteroid

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Since 2005, SwRI has teamed with @UTSA to offer graduate research opportunities in space physics, planetary science, and astrophysics. Apply today to earn an MS or PhD that will lead to a fulfilling career in space research. Join us!

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SwRI in the news: A virtual voyage to Pluto

A virtual voyage to Pluto - Scienceline

A virtual guided tour of Pluto provided by the American Museum of Natural History using data from NASA's New Horizons space probe.

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A picture-perfect launch of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft went off without a hitch, carrying the SwRI-led SPICE (Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment) instrument. Go Solar Orbiter! Go SPICE! (Photo by ESA/S. Corvaja)

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SwRI scientist uncovers evidence for an internal ocean in small Saturn moon

SwRI scientist uncovers evidence for an internal ocean in small

Discovery could point to a new class of “stealth” ocean worlds

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SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern will conduct research and experiment training in space aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity this November

SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern will conduct research and experiment training

SwRI perform training for a future NASA-funded experiment in space and evaluate spacecraft’s efficacy as an astronomy platform

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SwRI in the news: A planetary body may have smashed into Jupiter, creating its weird core

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What are the Trojan asteroids? Find out more about the seven targets of the Lucy spacecraft, NASA’s first mission to these primitive asteroids orbiting in tandem with Jupiter.

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SwRI’s Con Tsang prepares to return from Antarctica where he hunted for meteorites. Safe travels, Con!

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SwRI’s Alan Stern has been named a Fellow of the AGU and an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. Congratulations Alan!

SwRI’s Alan Stern named AGU Fellow, AIAA Associate Fellow

Honors cite outstanding contributions to Earth, space sciences

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First ultraviolet data collected by ESA’s JUICE mission

SwRI-led UVS instrument demonstrated en route to Jupiter system

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SwRI’s Josh Johnson teamed with @USAA , @UTSA and other city leaders in support of the @InnovateSA R&D League — an R&D program aimed at advising the city on projects that benefit residents. City council members were briefed on R&D League plans earlier today.

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SwRI in the news: Saturn’s ring rain is a downpour, not a drizzle

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SwRI scientists find evidence of geothermal activity within icy dwarf planets

SwRI scientists find evidence of geothermal activity within icy dwarf

Webb telescope observes potentially young methane deposits on surfaces of Eris, Makemake.

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SwRI in the news: These dwarf planets are just as strange as Pluto

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SwRI, @USAA , @UTSA , and @COSAGOV are joining forces to create the R&D League, a new research and development program aimed at advising the city on efforts that benefit San Antonio residents. Tune in at 2 pm today!

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Tune in today at 2pm to catch our R&D Administrator @kate_kinnison brief the City Council Innovation & Technology Committee on COSA’s first Research and Development program entitled R&D League!

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Juno mission captures images of volcanic plumes on Jupiter’s moon Io

The Juno mission, led by SwRI scientist, Dr. Scott Bolton has captured new images of a volcanic plume on Jupiter’s moon Io during Juno’s 17th flyby of Jupiter.

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Several hundred SwRI staff members have earned at least one degree from our hometown university. Happy 50th birthday, UTSA! We couldn’t achieve our mission to provide innovative research and development without you! #UTSA50

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SwRI in the news: Lucy spacecraft adjusts course for date with tiny asteroid Dinkinesh before historic Trojan mission

Lucy spacecraft adjusts course for date with tiny asteroid Dinkinesh before historic Trojan mission

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, en route to the Trojan asteroids, has adjusted its trajectory for a rendezvous with the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh in November 2023.

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SwRI in the news: “We are only beginning to understand Pluto’s life story”

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The first images taken by the Juno spacecraft as it sailed past the ice moon Ganymede are in! Check out the craters and other incredible surface features on Jupiter’s (and the solar system’s) largest moon. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS)

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NASA selects SwRI-led CubeSat to assess the origins of hot plasma in the Sun’s corona

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Days before the five-year anniversary of the New Horizons spacecraft’s Pluto flyby, principal investigator @AlanStern talked to Planetary Radio about what the science team has learned since then and where the spacecraft is headed next. Listen now!

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Clyde Tombaugh, a young astronomer working at @LowellObs , discovered Pluto 90 years ago today! NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, led by SwRI, returned the first images of Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra, Styx, and Kerboros, as the spacecraft flew past on July 14, 2015.

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NASA recently selected SwRI’s Alan Stern to fly aboard a commercial spaceflight. Read his views about why “human-tended” flights are important to the future of research.

Why I’m flying to space to do research aboard Virgin Galactic

In October, NASA announced the first selection of a scientist to conduct research aboard a commercial spaceflight mission. I am that scientist.

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SwRI-led team successfully observes Australian eclipse in preparation for 2024 U.S. eclipse

SwRI-led team successfully observes Australian eclipse in preparation

Pathfinding exercise paves the way for extensive U.S. observations in 2024

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Ride aboard the Juno spacecraft as it flies past Jupiter and its giant moon Ganymede. The spacecraft came to within 645 miles of Ganymede’s surface, making it the first study of the solar system’s largest moon in a generation. Watch the animation here!

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There they are in all their glory: NASA's CYGNSS hurricane satellites, built at SwRI, revealed to the media today.

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On Nov. 1, SwRI tested a mini solar observatory on a balloon flight supported by @NASA Flight Opportunities. It collected 75 minutes of solar images above Tucson, the latest step toward delivering a ground-based observatory to near-space.

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On Nov. 1 a balloon-borne solar observatory was successfully demonstrated with @SwRI !🎈The low-cost reusable optical-table-based observatory breaks down the barriers to studying the Sun☀️ from outside the effects of Earth’s atmosphere. Learn more:

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SwRI in the news: NASA smooths the way for ‘Lucy’ robot to explore time capsules from the birth of our solar system

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SwRI’s Jim Burch accepted the highest honor bestowed by the American Geophysical Union, the William Bowie Medal, at @theAGU Fall Meeting last week. The medal honors his pioneering contributions to pushing forward the frontiers of earth and space science. Congratulations, Jim!

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SwRI in the news: Vertical wiper blades reduce aircraft drag, tests show

Vertical wiper blades reduce aircraft drag, tests show

Aerodynamics testing on the KC-135 Stratotanker confirmed vertically mounted wiper blades reduce aircraft drag by approximately 1 percent during cruise conditions, potentially saving the Air Force $7

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NASA is scheduled to launch the SwRI-built CYGNSS hurricane satellites early Monday morning. Go CYGNSS!

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A spooky spider decorated with real webs instead of the fake ones at SwRI’s community garden. Manager Tony Bowie photographed the creepy-crawly while tending his plot this summer. Enjoy the Halloween weekend!

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Teachers! Join SwRI’s Hal Levison at a webinar sponsored by the National Science Teaching Association on “Bridging a Passion for Discovery in Space and on the Earth — The Lucy Mission and Lucy in Space Contest,” January 14 at 6 pm CT.

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SwRI in the news: NASA Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io like never before in spectacular new images

NASA Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like never before in spectacular new images

Juno ended 2023 in style, coming closer to the volcanic moon on Dec. 30 than any mission has for 20 years.

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SwRI’s Alan Stern receives a 2017 Hall of Honor Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Texas at Austin tonight. Congrats, Alan!

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SwRI to build the spacecraft bus for in-space refueler servicer program

SwRI to build the spacecraft bus for in-space refueler servicer

Institute will have key role in $25.5 million Space Mobility and Logistics prototyping project

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SwRI in the news: How New Horizons changed our view of Pluto (literally)

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The Lucy spacecraft will survey 8 asteroids with instruments to assess physical properties, composition, and surface imaging. Other instruments provide power, spacecraft orientation, and communication with Earth. Learn more about the science of Lucy!

Lucy's Journey: Episode 4 - "Instruments"

Meet Lucy as she prepares for the first ever journey to the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive small bodies orbiting in tandem with Jupiter.Music is...

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CfA-SwRI heliophysics mission selected for Phase A mission definition study

CfA-SwRI heliophysics mission selected for Phase A mission definition

ECCCO will comprehensively study the least explored region of the solar atmosphere

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Here’s to continuing our mission of benefiting government, industry and the public in 2017. Happy new year!

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SwRI in the news: Arrokoth’s large mound structures may have the same origin

Arrokoth's large mound structures may have the same origin

This snowman-shaped celestial body is the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft.

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The definitive book on Pluto is out! The @AZpress published “The Pluto System After New Horizons,” written by SwRI’s @AlanStern , edited by mission co-investigators, and developed over six years of research by the mission team. Congratulations!

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Last night’s heavy rains are sure to keep the wildflowers blooming in and around the city. SwRI photographer Larry Walther recently captured this stunning patch of blooms near Devine.

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On the six-year anniversary of the New Horizons spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto, check out the major accomplishments achieved by the piano-sized probe and its amazing mission team. The adventure continues!

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SwRI’s Alan Stern became the first staffer to fly in suborbital space! He flew aboard a research flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity today, testing equipment for a future flight where he will conduct two NASA experiments in space. Congrats, @AlanStern ! Photo: Virgin Galactic

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Plutophiles, unite! SwRI’s Alan Stern will provide the keynote address at the Lowell Observatory’s I ❤ Pluto Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, February 15 and 18. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh.

I♥Pluto Festival 2022 | Meet Our Out-of-this-World Community Partners - Lowell Observatory

The only thing we love more than Pluto here on Mars Hill is our incredible Flagstaff community! This year, the I♥Pluto Festival is being supported by a few integral players […]

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SwRI in the news: Are the mystery mounds of Arrokoth ancient building blocks?

Are the mystery mounds on Arrokoth ancient building blocks?

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USAA and The USAA Foundation have donated $1 million to the San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics for advancing COVID-19 research. From its members — SwRI, @UTSA , @TxBiomed , and @UTHealthSA — thank you, @USAA and The USAA Foundation!

USAA donates $6.3 million to local, national organizations to aid in the pandemic

“We’re proud to work with vital organizations that appreciate and respect the sacrifices of military families..."

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SwRI Executive Vice President and COO Walt Downing begins a two-year term as president of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society this month. He served as AESS executive vice president from 2018-2019. Congratulations, Walt!

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More science to come from the New Horizons spacecraft!

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#PI_Daily That new flight software upload we made this week for our main (i.e., Command & Data Handling Computers) was 16 months in the making, dozens of people involved in its design, build, and testing. It’ll give us new capabilities for many kinds of science going forward!

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SwRI in the news: Pluto flyby photos: New Horizons mission leader @AlanStern reveals his 10 favorite epic views

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SwRI’s @AlanStern , leader of the New Horizons mission to the Kuiper Belt, recently completed an expedition to the Titanic 12,000 feet below the ocean surface. Read his insights about continued exploration and its potential impact on future society.

How my exploration of the Titanic led to a realization about the future of spaceflight

I believe exploration is only now opening up on much grander scales.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Register today for a discussion on “Planetary Protection and Lunar Activities” organized by The Moon Dialogs. SwRI’s @AlanStern will participate in the July 9 event, which begins at 2 pm EDT.

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NASA selects SwRI to lead DIMPLE lunar lander/rover instrument suite

Novel CODEX instrument will assess the age of a unique patch of basalt on the Moon’s nearside

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Even the social distancing world champ is wearing a mask to protect himself and others. Help save a life. Be like the Yeti. #TeamYeti #HappyFriday

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SwRI models point to a potentially diverse metabolic menu at Enceladus

Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) modeled chemical processes in the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

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The Lucy team, led by SwRI’s Hal Levison, presented rock legend Ringo Starr with a copy of the Lucy plaque, which contains messages from Earth for intelligent life the spacecraft might encounter during its 12-year mission. Photo by Kristen Francis.

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SwRI’s Stephen Fuselier has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his contributions to space science. As a physicist, he has contributed to numerous NASA missions, including IMAP, IBEX, MMS, and IMAGE. Congrats, Stephen!

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Our two-stage light gas gun (back) reproduces realistic hypersonic flight conditions, from Mach 5 to 15. SwRI engineers use the system to study how hypersonic flight conditions affect a variety of materials and geometries. #TechTuesday

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SwRI team identifies giant swirling waves at the edge of Jupiter’s magnetosphere

SwRI team identifies giant swirling waves at the edge of Jupiter’s

Waves produced by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities transfer energy in the solar system

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SwRI’s Adam Hamilton joined leaders from @UTHealthSA , @UTSA , @txbiomed , and @Greater_SATX to discuss the San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics and its goal to impact medical diagnoses and treatments using precision medicine. Watch here!

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SwRI scientists use Webb, SOFIA telescopes to observe metallic asteroid

SwRI scientists use Webb, SOFIA telescopes to observe metallic

Infrared observations of Psyche to provide context for upcoming NASA spacecraft mission

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Happy holidays from SwRI to wherever you’re celebrating the season!

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SwRI in the news: Pluto has a huge field of bumpy ice created by massive volcanoes

Pluto has a huge field of bumpy ice created by massive volcanoes

A unique lumpy landscape on Pluto was probably built up via ice seeping up from its surprisingly warm interior that has created volcanoes as large as those on Earth – and that cryovolcanism could...

www.newscientist.com

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