Dr. Steven F. Sholes

Rover Science Operations Systems Engineer and Planetary Scientist for @NASAPersevere | Proud father of 2 | Views my own | he/him

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

My new paper is now out (w/@francy_pants)! 🛰️🌊🔴🌋
https://t.co/UwxbteAFe0

- Possible ocean shorelines on #Mars have *very* large ranges in elevation.
- Deformation models have tried to correct this.
- We show that these best-fit paleo-topographies are *still not* level.

[NASA @NASA]

Our @NASAPersevere Mars rover has found an interesting rock that could be one of the best signs yet that ancient microbial life may have once existed on the Red Planet. However, we'll need to do more research to know for sure: https://t.co/tWpQD6Rcg6

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

It's been an amazing honor and privilege to work with such an amazing team as Ingenuity's Science Liaison! The plucky little helicopter has far exceeded our expectations and has paved the road ahead for future planetary rotorcraft. #ThanksIngenuity

[NASA @NASA]

Flight 72. That’s the final flight for our Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter.

Ingenuity and its team proved that powered, controlled flight on another world was possible. #ThanksIngenuity. You may rest, but your legacy will continue to soar: https://t.co/uEe2ZAw2ML

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

A snapshot from Mars showing the damage to Ingenuity's rotor blade sustained during its Flight 72 landing.

The #MarsHelicopter is no longer capable of flight, but we are celebrating its achievements – and its legacy.

Participate here: https://t.co/n0yIdA24Yy

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

Sample #20 was difficult to acquire but one of the coolest samples yet! It's a pebbly conglomerate!

https://t.co/9G4fNKh54s

[James Haber @spacemanjames1]

RIP to a legend 🫡 Looks like we need a new spectrometer orbiting Mars now 🚀

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

Can you spot @NASAPersevere?

Ingenuity completed Flight 51 over the weekend, snapping a special cameo of the rover from 40 ft (12m) in the air. On this flight, the #MarsHelicopter traveled 617 ft (188 meters) for 136.89 seconds. https://t.co/1CXIWdYIAQ

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

Hey, that's me! Congrats to our whole team for getting 50+ flights on Mars done!

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

Hit that ❤️ to send your congrats to the #MarsHelicopter team, who gathered for a team photo today in celebration of the second anniversary of Ingenuity's historic first flight.

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

Starting off 2023 by planning *Sol 666* for @NASAPersevere and planning to drop Tube #4!

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I asked an AI to describe a cat and then I put the AI's description of a cat into an AI image generator.

[Rachel Kronyak @RachelKronyak]

We’re finally collecting the samples we’ve been dreaming about for *years.* This is surreal.

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

🔴 Dive into the most detailed image ever taken on Mars.

Take a guided tour with one of my team members and check out the ancient river delta where I’ve been #SamplingMars and doing science.

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

The code is open source and written in Python to make it easy to use. Check it out!

https://t.co/XItIN15lzF

[Baylor Geosciences @BaylorGeo]

MBARS is an open-source code, made available via github (https://t.co/wAOw2bcQI4).

Link:
https://t.co/Eq2Id3ekw8

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

🪨🚀New paper out! I've been collaborating with Don on this for awhile now, but now the Martian Boulder Automatic Recognition System (MBARS) code is finally available 🥳 and you can start measuring boulders on Mars!

[Baylor Geosciences @BaylorGeo]

Recently, Dr. Don Hood, a post-doc with @BaylorPlanetary, published a paper developing a boulder counting algorithm. "Mars is littered with large boulders, most of which are the result of the many impact craters that dot its surface. These boulders can stay at the surface for...

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

@Ryan_B_Anderson I just had my retina photos done yesterday, and learned that I apparently have retinal moles...who knew

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

@marstoday Flight #30 was successful this past weekend!
https://t.co/0CPuwErALF

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

The #MarsHelicopter is back in flight! After a two-month hiatus, the rotorcraft did a short hop over the weekend so the team can check its vitals and knock some dust off the solar panel.

Learn more about why the team wanted a simple Flight 30: https://t.co/02Bn48aQ3Y

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

Again, we show that continued skepticism is necessary for any claims of ancient oceans on Mars.

https://t.co/d1OFXawIHt

[Dr. Steven F. Sholes @sfsholes]

No idea what I was trying to remember to buy 3 months ago, but what’s more concerning is that there’s an offer for this poorly transcribed item 😬

[John Meluso @JohnMeluso]

Check out my News & Views article in Nature Computational Science on an exciting model that provides new evidence for an old social science theory!

[Dr. Emily L. Cardarelli🚀 @elcardarelli]

so proud of our little heli 🚁 Ingenuity!