Adriana Marais

Theoretical physics PhD, Africa2Moon team, Founder of

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Foundation for Space Development Africa's Africa2Moon mission selected as payload on Chinese National Space Administration's upcoming Chang'E-8 mission to lunar south pole. Announcement made yesterday at China's Space Day in Shanghai. #Africa2Moon

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[Foundation for Space Development Africa @developspacesa]

Thank you to Science Spaza for including Africa2moon in the latest edition! We hope to inspire the youth to dream big. @NITheCS @JiveMediaAfrica @ScienceSpaza #spaceexploration #africa #education #africa2moon

[AfricArena @AFRICARENA]

🎤 Keynote Highlight | Dr @adrianamarais
From Earth to space and beyond 🚀

Dr Adriana Marais unpacked Africa2Moon, challenging Africa to lead in frontier innovation and long-term thinking.

Watch ▶️ https://t.co/jUlujA0SAA

#AfricArena #Africa2Moon #AfricaTech

[Foundation for Space Development Africa @developspacesa]

‘It starts with a dream, fuelled by science, driven by a passion and strengthened by partnerships’ #africa2moon ⁦@adrianamarais⁩ ⁦@carlassharpe⁩ https://t.co/5atXfaSjf9

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

"What has driven me is the vision of billions of children in Africa & around the world looking up at the night sky & feeling not only a sense of wonder & belonging in our beautiful Cosmos, but also a sense of participation in space exploration." #Africa2Moon 🙏 @ForbesAfrica

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

'A fascinating exploration of the complexities of life, the universe and the future of humanity' - Jonathan Morrison

#OutOfThisWorldAndIntoTheNext publishes 10th April ☄️
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Pre-order your copy here: https://t.co/AfEHa4HYrr

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Almost a decade in the making... 'Out of this world and into the next' is finally out of my mind and into hard copy!

Thanks to @ProfileBooks and my editor @IzzyEverington and the team for all of your time, energy and passion! Out UK, SA April, US May:

https://t.co/sICwcurmlJ

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Proud to be part of team #Africa2Moon currently shortlisted for launch to the lunar south pole 🚀🌙

[Africa2Moon @Africa2Moon_]

Announcement: Africa’s Moon mission | A Lunar Radio Telescope.

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

For the 1st time in the history of life on Earth humanity is preparing to expand beyond home, with permanent bases planned for the Moon this decade. @developspacesa is over the Moon to partner with China's International Lunar Research Station. Watch this space 🚀 #Africa2Moon

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Busy day in space yesterday: SpaceX Starship orbital test and soft splashdown, Boeing Starliner delivers crew finally to ISS, and China's Chang'e 6 en route back to Earth with samples from the lunar farside (after taking this selfie).

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Congratulations 🇨🇳 Chang'e 6 lands successfully on far side of Moon.

Mission to collect & return samples from lunar surface to Earth. Named after Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e, China's second lunar sample return mission, second ever landing on farside.

[Global Times @globaltimesnews]

Watch: the China National Space Administration just released images captured by the #Chang'e 6 lander's descent camera, documenting the landing process of Chang'e 6 on the far side of the moon.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Private lander Odysseus by @Int_Machines' aiming to land near Moon's south pole tonight around midnight. Success would be historic: No private spacecraft has ever soft-landed on Moon & no American vehicle has done so since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Watch here: https://t.co/GiV4OFoiy5

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Congratulations, Japan! Fifth country to land a craft on the surface of the Moon, after US, Russia, China & India.

Japan's lunar lander successfully touched down just after midnight on Saturday; a technical solar power issue may limit mission goals.
https://t.co/GVAj4VU0Hk

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

@LauraCasHid @eemmanuels4 @historyinmemes https://t.co/uveCSCDU0e

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

NEWS 🚨: NASA has begun to open the capsule containing samples from asteroid Bennu

[ISRO Spaceflight @ISROSpaceflight]

🚨 WE HAVE TOUCHDOWN!!! 🏁

40 days, 3 hrs & 29 mins after launch, CHANDRAYAAN-3 has successfully touched down on the Lunar surface!! 🌖

MASSIVE congrats to @isro & the global spaceflight community!

The south polar region of the Moon is no longer empty! 🛰️

#Chandrayaan3 #ISRO

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

@developspacesa Proud to be part of the #Africa2Moon team 🌒

[Foundation for Space Development Africa @developspacesa]

We are working towards Africa's 1st mission to the Moon, the #Africa2Moon Project, also the world's 1st radio telescope on the the Moon to perform new science in the 1-10MHz range from the Lunar farside. Watch this space🌛🚀

[Adriana Marais @adrianamarais]

Homo naledi specimens buried 30m underground in cave system part of Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO world heritage site in South Africa, date back at least 200,000 BC. Burial practices indicate complex emotional & cognitive behaviour, prior to Homo sapiens.
https://t.co/SBV5zJhWVQ