Dr. Nina Lanza @marsninja Twitter profile

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

3 years

OMG IT'S REALLY HAPPENING #Mars2020 @NASAPersevere

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3 years

Best cup of tea ever: In the wind and rain in front of a roaring volcano.

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3 years

The Fruit Is Out There

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3 years

I will assume that everyone's screen is customized for the seat occupant

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YOU GUYS THAT'S JEZERO CRATER #Mars2020 @NASAPersevere

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2 years

Flying over Meteor Crater never gets old.

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3 years

Presenting the 2021 holiday ornament, selected by @mouser_nerdbot . In this family, we set SCE to AUX.

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3 years

My son is learning about the nine planets in school.

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3 years

First flight in over a year and I got to fly right over Meteor Crater!!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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6 years

Why yes, that *is* a Mars Explorer Barbie. As you can see, she's touching base with Oppy to make sure she's ok.

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3 years

Gale force gusts and horizontal rain couldn't stop me!

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6 years

OMG YOU GUYS I did an image search for "scientist shooting a laser in a laboratory" AND A PICTURE OF ME CAME UP. #sohappy

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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1 year

Just got off a plane (and a train) to arrive in Bern & am desperately trying to stay awake just a bit more after the sleepless night. But with good coffee, a walk, and absolutely gorgeous weather, all things are possible ☕🌿🐦☀️

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

WE HAVE A PLANETARY SCIENTIST IN SPACE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE @DrSianProctor #Inspiration4

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3 years

I’ve be been waiting for this moment all my life. Thank you for all the well wishes & support. Let’s do this! ❤️👩🏾‍🚀🚀🌏🐉 #LaunchDay #Gratitude #Space2inspire @inspiration4x @SpaceX

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Feeling emotional...I got my first #PfizerBiontech vaccine. THANK YOU to the 1000s of people who made this possible! Science is pretty darn amazing & it's amazing what we can do when we work together. It's been a long & difficult year but today I'm daring to imagine future hugs.

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8 years

I might need additional caffeine because this is really cracking me up right now.

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1 year

The bartender made me a drink to match my outfit @ExplorersClub #ECAD

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6 years

Totally real photograph of @MarsCuriosity using its upgraded drill.

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3 months

It was suddenly dark and cold, and Venus and Mercury appeared. It looked like sunset in all directions. We saw bright red solar prominences on the disc margins. A remarkable reminder that we live on a planet.

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4 years

GOOD MORNING! LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DAY TO GO TO MARS #NasaPersevere #CountdownToMars

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3 years

Thank you @POTUS @JoeBiden for taking the time to call the @NASAPersevere team & to let us know that you're proud of us! Also appreciated your discussion of how moon rocks are cool and all but Mars rocks are gonna take it to the next level :)

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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5 months

Today I am thinking of my JPL colleagues, who are sitting at home awaiting a reduction in force announcement. I am so sorry you are going through this 💔 I want you to know much I value you & how grateful I am for your hard work every day.

JPL Workforce Update

Workforce statement and memo to employees.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Spending the week with my @MarsCuriosity colleagues discussing our current results & next investigations. Even after 10 years on Mars, there is still sooo much good science coming out of this mission!

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6 years

Doing rover ops at home: Two laptops, JPL on the speaker, and baby monitor. #marsmomlife

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

It was an honor to accept this year's @ExplorersClub Citation of Merit on behalf of the outstanding #ChemCam engineering team, including @OlivierGasnault @vm_fr @phoenix3965 @carchardn @mono_turbo . What a wonderful recognition of the team's efforts! @LosAlamosNatLab @IRAP_France

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2 years

Just about to start the first in person @NASAPersevere team meeting in three years!! With @AryaUdry @NASAJPL

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

#PfizerBiontech shot #2 complete!! I feel my superpowers GROWING 💉✨💪🦸

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

I did some filming for this new documentary about Mars, which will be airing this Sunday, January 5. Can't wait to spend a day on Mars!!

National Geographic TV

@NatGeoTV

4 years

What's it like to spend a single day on Mars? Find out on this new special, Mars: One Day On The Red Planet, premiering Sunday at 9/8c as part of the Best of National Geographic. #BestOfNatGeo

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3 years

First @NASAPersevere science discussion (of many)!!

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7 years

Dear Internet, I may have neglected to mention my new experiment: Growing my very own Martian. 8 months in & initial results seem promising.

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5 years

This is hands down the best thing I've seen all day at #IPFest @LosAlamosNatLab #POMERANIANSINSPACE

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3 years

In the two weeks before (and on the morning of) the @NASAPersevere landing, I was still in the lab w/ my team finishing a round of experiments. Using our absolute unit of an environmental chamber, we listened to the sound of our rock-vaporizing laser shooting rocks "on" Mars!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

No better way to celebrate the @MarsCuriosity 10 year landiversary than to lasers some rocks on Mars 🪨💥🔴

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 months

At the @ExplorersClub Annual Dinner with @RichardGarriott and his pup, Delta V!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

YOU GUYS LOOK AT THIS AMAZING MASK!! Fellow ChemCam engineer Cindy made it for me and I love it so much 😷🤖❤️❤️

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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9 months

Surprise, I'm in Monaco!

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4 years

@CA_AstroComm @DrFunkySpoon PhD in Earth and Planetary Science.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Kicking off @ExplorersClub with my ladies!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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6 years

Filming with How The Universe Works in a lovely alien landscape at the Petrified Forest. #HTUW

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

My PhD work was funded by the NASA Graduate Student Research Program. That initial investment 10+ years ago has enabled me to build a career in planetary science. So, actually it did "have a significant impact on overall research and STEM capacity building."

Dr. Tanya Harrison

@tanyaofmars

4 years

The OMB has posted the proposed FY21 federal budget online. While NASA is poised to get a healthy increase, the Office of STEM Engagement is on the chopping block. I've highlighted the part here I wholeheartedly disagree with. (thread)

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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6 years

This description for ChemCam state of health data never fails to crack me up. The ChemCam *is* cool!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

4 years

I meant to share this sooner but then the world turned upside down... I am very honored to be featured as one of the Women @ENERGY . Here's a bit about my work @LosAlamosNatLab and how I got there.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

2 years

Today I celebrated the start of my next turn around the Sun by doing Actual Science all day (the best!). I am now as old as the largest original non-McNugget number.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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7 years

Just happened to look outside while we were flying over the Pingualuit impact crater in Canada!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

Can't believe it's already been a year since @NASAPersevere left Earth for redder pastures. Happy Launchiversary!

Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

GOOD MORNING! LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DAY TO GO TO MARS #NasaPersevere #CountdownToMars

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3 years

Boosted! Covid on the left, seasonal flu on the right, all smiles in the center.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

Starting Day 2 of the @NASAPersevere science team meeting! Decided to bust out my launch shirt after seeing so many Mars tweeps in theirs yesterday. @CosmicRaymond can we work on a team tie plz?

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

I can hardly believe that 10 years ago today @MarsCuriosity landed on Mars! I'm so grateful for this experience, which has shaped my entire career. The friendships we have made here will last a lifetime. And we aren't stopping--we continue to explore Mars together today. Amazing!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

Coffee and sunrise on the top of Portugal, Mount Pico.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 months

Heading to the eclipse totality path via Texas. The wind is crazy but the sky is clear 🌞 Stopped at Cadillac Ranch, Ozymandus of the Plains, and the Leaning Tower of Texas. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

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5 years

Pretty excited to bust these out for #LPSC2019

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

Couldn't leave without hitting at least a few rocks.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

Eight years ago today our @MarsCuriosity successfully landed on Mars and she's still going strong! It was glorious to be cheering together in a room with @jenblank @LaurieofMars and many others. We had so much discovery ahead of us (and still do!).

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

2 years

Got to stand on Mars today at @NMMNHS for the @NASAPersevere #MarsRoverTour ! This is a life-sized view of the Amalik area. Can you see the abrasion patch? @LosAlamosNatLab

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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11 months

How hard is field work on the Moon? Today the #JETT5 team practiced using spacesuit gloves under vacuum in a glovebox. Just opening & closing a carabineer raised my body temperature. Trying to put a nut on a bolt was exhausting. "Just one more rock" may be a big ask for crew!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 months

We are so small on this big, beautiful planet... I'm off to Chile to visit one of Earth's most Mars-like environments in the Atacama desert.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

Drinking a "Life on Mars" on Launch Eve (under 11 h to go). A toast to @NASAPersevere ! May she launch successfully and have a long, discovery-filled mission!

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11 months

Onsite at @NASA_Johnson for the @NASAArtemis #JETT5 dry run test! Feeling right at home with this view of Mars on our classroom building.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

New episode of How the Universe Works out, all about THE SUN (S9 EP3). It's killer. @discoveryplus @ScienceChannel @Pioneer_Prod #HTUW

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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1 year

All of our holiday flights were canceled but New Mexico has really gone above and beyond to make sure every morning at home is outstanding.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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1 year

Looking good, Greenland!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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8 months

Got the best ride to the meeting from my colleague William 🚲👯

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

Going in for another look!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Just found the #lpsc2022 photo booth & I think this is a good summary of my week.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

3 years

My colleague Justin Maki & I discuss what we've heard with the two microphones on @NASAPersevere ! I recommend using headphones for the best Mars audio experience 🎧

NASA JPL

@NASAJPL

3 years

Sound on 🔊 @NASAPersevere carries 2 microphones, which add a new dimension to the way we explore Mars. From wind gusts to the crunching of Martian soil under the rover’s wheels, find out how scientists and engineers learn from these recorded sounds:

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Snuck a wee peek at the #ChemCam display at @ExplorersClub annual dinner this evening, courtesy @LosAlamosNatLab @BradburySciMuse !

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

6 years

Arya Udry shows off her newest meteorite dress of NWA11013 (nakhlite, from Mars). Learn more about this piece of Mars at the poster session tonight at no. 532! #lpsc2018

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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1 year

A bit of blue sky before the next storm.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

5 years

Yep that's me 😂 #AGU19

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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3 years

My colleague included this image at the top of today's #ChemCam ops handover notes & I don't think there's a need to read any further

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Made a new friend in Resolute ❤️

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3 years

Presenting the latest @discoveryplus @Pioneer_Prod #HTUW S9 E11, in which I provide relationship advice from a planetary perspective.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Just look at these fabulous @MarsCuriosity #ChemCam engineers at @LosAlamosNatLab . Love working with these folks every day! @phoenix3965 @mono_turbo

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

It begins! On my first of many flights to #HaughtonCrater in the Canadian Arctic for the GRAPE (Gamma Rotorcraft for Analog Planetary Environments) project, supported by @LosAlamosNatLab @ExplorersClub @Discovery . It's not a mission until there's a patch :) Original by @GCC_Mars

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Delayed in Resolute for a bit so in the meantime please enjoy this extremely lucky selfie taken in Axel Heiberg.

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@marsninja

2 years

SOCIALIZING @NASAPersevere

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

1 year

The final gala evening of @ExplorersClub @glexsummit ! Toasting the many new projects and partnerships that have been born of this remarkable gathering. @ThePlanetaryGuy

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

3 years

I found the @LosAlamosNatLab billboard featuring my team, including @phoenix3965 & @megasquishy5000 ! Careers for everyone, even me 😆

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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11 months

Went to the Moon, took a selfie #JETT5

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

2 years

Fun official update to the #ChemCam page...my 7-year-old self never even dreamed that such a thing was possible 🥹 Today's PI Life Lesson: No dream is too big for you. You can't know what you're capable of doing until you try & it's much more than you know

Curiosity Science Instruments - NASA Science

Curiosity’s scientific instruments are the tools that bring us stunning images of Mars and ground-breaking discoveries.

science.nasa.gov

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

2 months

Just a few quick snaps from our time in Chile. The Atacama is truly the most Mars-like place on Earth! I feel like I've learned so much about how to interpret our rover data from spending time in this remarkable environment. 🔴🚀🪨🦠🔬🧂

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

5 months

If you're a JPLer who is a mid-career RF expert who has found themselves without a position after today's RIF, please reach out to me!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

2 years

Back in Resolute where there are showers + heat! So many great stories + pics from #Haughton2022 #GRAPE2022 but let's start with this massive selenite outcrop that @drcrater found!

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

3 years

It has been a joy & a privilege to be on the @MarsCuriosity team! I can remember our launch day like it was yesterday... no better feeling than seeing your hardware successfully make it off planet.

Curiosity Rover

@MarsCuriosity

3 years

Happy launchiversary to me! 🥳️ #OTD 10 years ago, I blasted off in a rocket and into the vastness of space toward my home here on Mars. It’s wild to think it’s been a decade since I left Earth to come explore this amazing planet.

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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4 years

I am THRILLED that our project was selected for a @ExplorersClub @Discovery grant!! Team incl. @drcrater @megasquishy5000 @mouser_nerdbot . We'll be testing new methods for IDing chem of life on Mars @ Haughton crater in Canadian Arctic! More deets later :)

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5 years

Happy birthday to me! On a wine tasting in the Catalan countryside organized by #goldschmidt2019 Just had some excellent cava and learning more about viticulture.

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@marsninja

3 years

Obligatory highest-feet-near-the-volcano shot.

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3 years

Not sure who sent this to me but I LOVE IT

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2 years

My new favorite selfie opportunity #Haughton2022 #GRAPE2022

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@marsninja

1 year

The @NASAPersevere team wooo! Image credit: JC Domenech/MNHN Paris

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@marsninja

4 years

I was tucked in to bed with my son, who wasn't at all tired due to a late nap. Eventually he jumped out & ran off only to return to bed a few minutes later with a can of beer. "Mom I brought you a drink!" Good kid 😂 #winning #bedbeer

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Dr. Nina Lanza

@marsninja

3 years

Want to hear more about the @NASAPersevere #SuperCam microphone? Curious about what sound is like on Mars? Check out this video in which I explain the reason why on Mars, no one can hear you scream.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

@LosAlamosNatLab

3 years

We're joining in the celebrations of @NASAPersevere 's successful landing with a little music. Ever wonder what Debussy's "Clair de Lune" might sound like on #Mars ? Listen along with LANL's @marsninja . #Mars2020 #CountdowntoMars

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Dr. Nina Lanza

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2 years

Ok people I am ON AN AIRCRAFT that is heading to Ottawa, and it's well before Monday! Next hurdle: getting a covid test in time to make my flight home tomorrow (required for US entry). We'll worry about that later 😃