Shutdown 2025: Preserving the vision of the Universe
The arid landscape of the Chajnantor Plateau will temporarily fall silent as ALMA enters its annual maintenance period. Meticulously planned a year in advance, this critical window ensures uninterrupted operation and the efficiency of our equipment. From January 29 to February 7, 2025, operations will pause for intensive maintenance....
Just like home: Advances in Hospitality
"Thank you very much for your service!" / "The service in general is good. Keep it up and keep improving" / "All very good. Although I don't do regular shifts it would be a luxury to have such a service at SCO" / "My sincere congratulations...
Protectors of the “Code”: our Points of Contact
Respect, courtesy and fairness. These principles are the basis of the framework of behaviour that applies to all of us who work at ALMA JAO, and which we include in our Code of Ethics and Conduct. To ensure that this Code is complied with, we have...
Do you Recommend?: Fabiola Norambuena
On 23 June we commemorated Women in Engineering Day, an important date for our observatory and for science, which seeks to highlight the valuable contribution of women in this field. In this sense, Fabiola Norambuena, our Software Engineer Trainee, has been a source of inspiration for...
OKRs: the new era of coordination begins at ALMA
"The future is here"; "All eyes in the sky"; "Shaping a future of seamless innovation and unmatched efficiency". These phrases are some of the goals to be achieved in the Objective, Key & Results (OKRs): the new working channel that defines the line of communication between...
Do you Recommend?: Marta Allendes
Marta Allendes' life is marked by international postcards. Our Hospitality Services Coordinator started at the age of 20 doing an internship in hospitality in the United States and, since then, worked for many seasons outside of Chile until the pandemic arrived. "For me it is very...
First in the face of the emergency: The ALMA Brigade
It was around 8 p.m. when the alerts went off at the Jama border crossing. On 25 April, the driver of a bus carrying Brazilian tourists had lost control, killing two people and injuring 40. While the local media were recording the tragedy, a team wearing...