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OU Space Society @space_ou

An Open University group for those interested in any aspect of space, no matter your background, faculty or education stage. UKSEDS Branch of the year 2021!

Joined April 2020
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OU Space Society@space_ou
1 Oct 2024
🚨Our next event is JWST: A New Voyager for the Outer Solar System 🗓️ 8th Oct 🕣 6.50pm 📍 Online Prof @LeighFletcher @uniofleicester gives us the results of using the @ESA_Webb to observe the atmospheres of our gas giants. Book your FREE tickets 👇 ouspacesociety.org/event-det…
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Congratulations, can’t wait for our talk this evening now you are a TV Celebrity
Leigh Fletcher@LeighFletcher
7 Oct 2024
A personal first - name in the credits of a BBC show :-) I worked with the production team on their "Storm Worlds" episode for the new Brian Cox Solar System series, providing a fun insight into how these shows are made: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Available at @IKEAUK … I so want one 👨‍🚀
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🚨The rescheduled Europa Clipper event is now live on the website 🗓️ 12th Nov 🕣 7.30pm (UK Time) 📍 Zoom Kate Craft from John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab talks to us from the U.S. about the latest with @EuropaClipper Book your FREE tickets 👇 ouspacesociety.org/event-det…
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A rocket engine has exploded during a launch test at the UK's new spaceport in Shetland @SaxaVord_Space Thankfully everyone was safe… 🚀 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy54…

Rocket engine explodes during test at Shetland spaceport

The test was carried out by a German firm who hope to launch the UK's first vertical rocket into orbit.

bbc.co.uk
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Come on @OpenUniversity Good Luck !!
Roger Tilling@rogertilling
19 Aug 2024
What a great start is was to our new series of #UniversityChallenge last week! We have teams of bright and happy people tonight from @OpenUniversity and @ucl. Join the dapper @amolrajan 20:30 @BBCTwo and @BBCiPlayer! #QuizzyMondays
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Need to all look at the Moon tonight at 9.17pm BST, the exact anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing (20th July 1969). Not to observe but to admire what we did 55 years ago, and what our presence on the Moon will be like in 55 years time. 🌖 #Apollo11 #MoonLandings
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European Space Agency
@esa
20 Jul 2024
🌓 Check out @esaspaceflight's web documentary THE MOON, and create your own journey through the how and why of lunar exploration. 👉 lunarexploration.esa.int #InternationalMoonDay #IMD2024 #Apollo55
Cover of The Moon, an interactive web documentary produced by ESA Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration.

ALT Cover of The Moon, an interactive web documentary produced by ESA Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration.
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Has anybody else been? 🌖
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National Space Centre@spacecentre
20 Jul 2024
🌑 #OnThisDay in 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface, whilst Michael Collins piloted the Command Module in lunar orbit. Discover more about this amazing story @spacecentre this weekend.
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🚨Our next event is happening tomorrow 🗓️ 16th July 🕣 6.50pm 📍 Online Prof Peter Read from the University of Oxford will be Exploring Diversity in Planetary Atmospheres Book your FREE tickets 👇 ouspacesociety.org/event-det…
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Scientists discover underground cave on the Moon that ‘could be future human base’ | ITV News itv.com/news/2024-07-15/unde…

Underground cave discovered on the Moon ‘could be future human base’ | ITV News

The cave is just 250 miles from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in Apollo 11, 55 years ago | ITV National News

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Secrets of the Sun ☀️ 🗓️ Weds 16th and Thurs 17th July ⏰ 9pm 📺 @channel5_tv
Channel 5
@channel5_tv
12 Jul 2024
Join @daraobriain as he explores our relationship with the sun and its impact on us humans. Taking a deep dive into the fiery star that has given us life and will eventually take it all away 🤯☀️ 📺 Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain. Starts Tuesday 16th July 9pm
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Sorry, it is the 16th and 17th but it’s Tuesday and Wednesday
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🚀LIVE LAUNCH PARTY with @space_ou   #Ariane6 - Europe’s new heavy lift launch vehicle 🗓️9th July ⏰Party starts 6.45pm BST (Launch Scheduled 7pm BST) 📍Zoom   Watch this history making Maiden Flight of ESA's new rocket   Register FREE 👇 ouspacesociety.org/event-det…
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#Ariane6 is due for launch on Tuesday 9th July at 7pm UK Time Keep your eyes peeled next week because, if it stays like this, we can have a Live Launch Party 🤞🚀 youtu.be/3VKvjBsciXU?si=YVTE…
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🚨Our next event is an update of the @ParkerSolar mission 🗓️ 25th June 🕣 6.50pm 📍 Online Dr Christopher Chen @CHKChen from @QMUL talks to us about what this mission has discovered and what the future holds Book your FREE tickets 👇 ouspacesociety.org/event-det…

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It will be recorded, although not put on YouTube but the link will be sent to registered participants. So make sure you register to get the recording. Also, we will make sure we are finished before the football starts (so you can do both).
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📢Reminder to register for this FREE event next week
OU Space Society@space_ou
9 Jun 2024
🚨Our next event is an update of the @ParkerSolar mission 🗓️ 25th June 🕣 6.50pm 📍 Online Dr Christopher Chen @CHKChen from @QMUL talks to us about what this mission has discovered and what the future holds Book your FREE tickets 👇 ouspacesociety.org/event-det…
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Neil’s first step wouldn’t have been possible without this one. #DDay80
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