PI Daily, January 2023
By Lindy Elkins-Tanton Starting January 1, 2020…
a new series of daily mission activity Tweets from Psyche Principal Investigator (PI) Lindy Elkins-Tanton.
#PI_Daily
The goal? To share an inside look at the chores, challenges, tasks, assignments, duties, and more taken on by a NASA mission PI!
Follow along on @MissionToPsyche or below.
Today, on board for @EuropaClipper's interim Mission System review. Fascinating…all the parts that go into keeping the spacecraft going to the right place, operating correctly, gathering science, transmitting data, and anticipating all the things that might go wrong! #PI_Daily
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 31, 2023
How do Psyche asteroid spectra match up with meteorites? Super new paper from @the_muad_dibb and @Jim_Bell. (Spoiler: It's some weirdo metal thing.) @MissionToPsyche #PI_Daily https://t.co/CT8eYIkRrX
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 26, 2023
Modeling the spacecraft magnetic field is critical to our eventual magnetics measurement in space, and plus, it's GORGEOUS. @MissionToPsyche #PI_Dailyhttps://t.co/vx9GhgFfEo
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 25, 2023
Some new photos of our beautiful bird – @MissionToPsyche team is hard at work! #PI_Daily https://t.co/vs4nlfqq7N
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 24, 2023
My new @MissionToPsyche office in @NASAJPL Mission Control! #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/A00Qy4zq99
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 24, 2023
Coming in to Burbank. Tomorrow, @NASAJPL and that part of the @MissionToPsyche team. #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/AWhwSeczMp
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 23, 2023
Sitting with the @MissionToPsyche team planning the Initial Checkout (ICO) activities for the s/c (hip abbrev. for spacecraft) after launch. Did you know that you can't use the high-gain antenna until you get a good distance away bc otherwise power is too high? Bzzt! #PI_Daily
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 18, 2023
At JPL starting my deep dive into mission ops, learning about sequencing, nav, deep space network comms, data formats and timing, and so much more. Fascinating. @MissionToPsyche #PI_Daily https://t.co/RaPZTwKvgO
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 11, 2023
Rainy @NASAJPL — see the arroyo catchment basin the distance filled with muddy water! Good to be here working with @MissionToPsyche JPL team. #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/KmMHnteU4E
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 9, 2023
Just had the first @MissionToPsyche all-team meeting for 2023, with ~130 ppl. THIS IS IT just nine months to launch! This is going to be a much better year than last year. #PI_Daily
Just to be confusing, here's another beautiful pic of @EuropaClipper, Highbay Bob in background. pic.twitter.com/Pl2yNro8Gs— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 3, 2023