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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Aug. 27, 2009 | 11:58 PDT | 18:58 UTC
"WISE Guys"
I met with two WISE guys on Tuesday during my trip to JPL. That's a joke that will probably get real old real fast as the launch date of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) approaches, but this was the first time I'd heard it!
WISE is... More»
Aug. 26, 2009 | 14:45 PDT | 21:45 UTC
Updates from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)
I've just uploaded about two weeks' worth of blog entries from Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco and Adrienne Kish on this year's Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition; the latest entries are linked here. I enjoyed Juan's description of a simulated... More»
Aug. 26, 2009 | 11:03 PDT | 18:03 UTC
Happy 3rd anniversary of the Spirit landing!
"Third anniversary?" some of you may be asking. "Hasn't it been more like five years since Spirit landed?" Five Earth years, yes. But today, sol 2,008, is a date that's more relevant from the point of view of the rover: it's the third anniversary... More»
Aug. 25, 2009 | 11:27 PDT | 18:27 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: Why isn't New Horizons stopping at Pluto?
This week's Planetary Radio features Bruce Betts on"The Meaning of LIFE" -- Phobos LIFE, that is. It's a cool project that the Society is contributing to the Russian Phobos-Grunt mission; it'll carry microbes to Mars orbit and back, and is designed... More»
Aug. 24, 2009 | 20:10 PDT | Aug. 25 03:10 UTC
"Mama, there's something out the window!"
So I'm downstairs and Anahita is upstairs with Daddy, who is attempting to get her into the bath. Suddenly I hear:
"Mama! There's something out the window! Mama! Mama! Mama! Mama! Mama! Mama! Mama! There's something out the window! Mama!... More»
Aug. 24, 2009 | 16:30 PDT | 23:30 UTC
Stephen Colbert: "It has been a true honor to make merciless fun of you this year."
I'm a big fan of the Daily Show and Colbert Report so of course I made a note on my calendar not to miss Stephen Colbert's video statement on the occasion of the launch of COLBERT, the treadmill that NASA's naming for him in order to save a little... More»
Aug. 24, 2009 | 09:37 PDT | 16:37 UTC
A sunset into the dust
While Spirit has been stuck at Troy, it's been taking numerous opportunities to capture photos with dramatic twilight lighting. On sol 2,002 (three sols ago, or August 21), it gazed toward the setting Sun, snapping the shutter roughly once a... More»
Aug. 24, 2009 | 06:50 PDT | 13:50 UTC
Carnival of Space #117
Wander on over to Simostronomy for this week's Carnival of Space!... More»
Aug. 21, 2009 | 14:10 PDT | 21:10 UTC
A week of Tweets
Here's what I've been talking up on Twitter this week. If you'd like to see these in real time, Follow me at Twitter. A word on some conventions: "RT" means "Retweet" -- I'm repeating something that somebody else said. Anything preceded by an "@"... More»
Aug. 21, 2009 | 13:59 PDT | 20:59 UTC
Finally, I write about Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photos
I am so sorry it's taken me so long to sit down and write about some of the amazing images being returned from the Moon by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera or LROC is the sharpest camera ever sent to lunar orbit... More»
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