Kevin Peter Hand
@Alienoceans
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Scientist. Vermonter. Lover of snow and ice-covered oceans. Opinions expressed are my own.
Highland Park, Los Angeles
Joined December 2012
Well, here it is folks. After many, many years of hard work my book it finally out! Can’t believe the timing, and there are obviously much bigger things you need to worry about right now, but if you want to dive into some aliens oceans, here you go!
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Incredibly sad news. Don was such an amazing human being, beyond his pioneering achievements in exploration.
Captain Don Walsh, USN, passed away peacefully at his home in Oregon yesterday. He bravely piloted the first craft to the bottom of the Ocean with his colleague Jacques Piccard. An extraordinary explorer, oceanographer, and human being. I'm so honored I could call him my friend.
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Captain Don Walsh, USN, passed away peacefully at his home in Oregon yesterday. He bravely piloted the first craft to the bottom of the Ocean with his colleague Jacques Piccard. An extraordinary explorer, oceanographer, and human being. I'm so honored I could call him my friend.
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[1/3] Why Saturn's moon Titan is perfect for #DragonflyMission 🧵⬇️ "Titan is one of the most interesting moons in the solar system because it's the only one that has a thick atmosphere." - #JHUAPL's Shannon MacKenzie, deputy project scientist, Dragonfly @NASASolarSystem
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Here it is: the first close-up image of the sample of particles delivered to Earth from the asteroid Bennu by the #NASA #OSIRISRex mission.
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Yesterday was “Launch Minus One Year” for the amazing @EuropaClipper team. It’s a professional and personal honor to lead this team. #DareMightyThingsTogether #BestTeamEver #GoPsyche 🚀🚀🚀
I spoke with Europa Clipper’s project manager today, exactly one year—almost to the minute—before the mission’s first launch opportunity at 1151am EDT next October 10. https://t.co/8A6MzCxsD3
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Asteroids are the building blocks of our solar system, and this asteroid contains the building blocks of life. Our initial analysis of the 4.5-billion-year-old rocks from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by #OSIRISREx shows evidence of carbon and water. https://t.co/Wg3Zq4dxBP
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Today's goal is to transfer the capsule from the range to a temporary clean room here at UTTR and put the sample on a nitrogen purge. Avoiding contamination is the priority and the team is taking every precaution to protect the sample. https://t.co/eLFTQTCFKx
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Amazing! Can’t wait to see pics of the sample. Congrats to the whole team!
After a journey of nearly 3.9 billion miles, the #OSIRISREx asteroid sample return capsule is back on Earth. Teams perform the initial safety assessment—the first persons to come into contact with this hardware since it was on the other side of the solar system.
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Excited to share our work using JWST to observe Europa. Our paper came out today. Will share some pics of experiments I did to compare lab/telescope data at some point. The spectra were/are beautiful.
On the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa, Webb has discovered carbon dioxide that likely originated in the liquid water ocean below. Understanding the chemistry of this ocean could help determine if it is a good place for life as we know it: https://t.co/tGLrJrVsyl
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As we excitedly count down the days to the return of samples from asteroid Bennu (Go OREx!), here are my thoughts about the importance of sample return missions, @OSIRISREx, and #MarsSampleReturn!
nature.com
Nature - Safe delivery of samples from an asteroid on 24 September will be the start of a global scientific journey — but similar missions need support.
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Curious about the next frontier in space exploration? Hear directly from our founder, Jaret Matthews, as he discusses Astrolab's lunar payload delivery services and the path to Lunar exploration. 🌙 You can follow the links below or search for the Space Business Podcast to
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Check out JPL engineer extraordinaire @YazzieSays in this @PBS series, coming out next month:
I am honored to be part of an upcoming project with @PBS, the 2nd season of “Native America” premiering 10/24/23! Today, I was reunited with the team for a screening & panel event hosted at @TheAutry. Screening was incredible, & the series is going to be beautiful!
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Hey the paperback edition of my book, *A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman,* hit the shelves today! And it's on sale... https://t.co/uh6IH8bqpf
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Looking for some nice bedtime reading? Might I suggest a report on ways to search for technosignatures from alien civilizations? https://t.co/2fVGVASZOP
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What a fun video! Thanks @SchmidtOcean !!
"I was really drawn to this idea that the ocean is Earth's final frontier and studying the ocean is exhilarating a studying space, directly ties to the well-being of our planet." New #ScienceStory video with @pgirguis on the #GalapagosVents expedition. https://t.co/Bs84PV9jka
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This is just such an incredible and impressive achievement- huge congrats to @isro and the team that made it happen. Very excited to see what this rover finds.
... ... and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface.
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I had a lot of fun chatting w @StingrayGhost about my work with the incredible #Foundation team. @AppleTV has done a beautiful job with this show. #scicomm
Read about Exchange science consultant @Alienoceans Kevin Hand's contribution to @AppleTV 's #Foundation. #scicomm #Space
https://t.co/hphkeedahJ
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July 2023 was the hottest month on record, according to our global temperature analysis. Overall, July was 0.43°F (0.24°C) warmer than any other July in @NASAEarth's record, and it's likely due to human activity. Details: https://t.co/2DTIfL8S1Q
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