Twelve years ago today, on 14 december 2009, SWAP laid its eye on the Sun for the first time. After the nerve-racking procedure of opening the instrument door and taking this first image, PROBA2 operators and scientists waited impatiently for this first image to be downloaded from the PROBA2 satellite.
12 years ago today, on 6 January 2010, the doors of the LYRA instrument were opened for the first time. The observation of LYRA's first Lyman-alpha flare paved the way for much interesting science.
