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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jul. 31, 2009 | 14:47 PDT | 21:47 UTC
Dawn Journal: Quiet Cruise
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc!
by Dr. Marc D. Rayman
Dear Indawnfatigables,
Shhhh! Dawn is in "quiet cruise," and we do not want to disturb it.... More»
Jul. 30, 2009 | 15:56 PDT | 22:56 UTC
Islands of Volcanic Paradise
by Jani Radebaugh
Though it's hard to leave Australia, let's turn our attentions to another planetary analog location: the North Island of New Zealand. This is one of the more volcanically active locations in the world, with several active... More»
Jul. 28, 2009 | 21:12 PDT | Jul. 29 04:12 UTC
Dunes in the Outback Red Center
by Jani Radebaugh
For the next few days, I want to talk a bit about an important aspect of planetary studies: understanding analogs we can easily visit on Earth to processes happening across the solar system. We all understand how expensive and... More»
Jul. 27, 2009 | 16:08 PDT | 23:08 UTC
Cassini RADAR continues to gaze at Titan
by Jani Radebaugh
Jani Radebaugh is an Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences at Brigham Young University. Although a planetary scientist, she specializes in the study of three moons: Titan, Io, and Earth's Moon.
She worked with the Galileo... More»
Jul. 26, 2009 | 11:32 PDT | 18:32 UTC
The Power of Lighting Conditions
by Samuel Lawrence
For over four decades, the lunar science community has absorbed the information from the Apollo missions. Although many important questions were answered, many important new questions are waiting to be tackled -- which is the... More»
Jul. 24, 2009 | 11:57 PDT | 18:57 UTC
Titan in 3D
Mike Malaska contributed this guest blog entry back in March, at the end of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference meeting, just after Emily was ordered on bed rest. Emily apologizes profusely to Mike for the long delay in getting this... More»
Jul. 23, 2009 | 11:37 PDT | 18:37 UTC
Join Bill Nye for an LA Times Dust-Up
by Susan Lendroth
Bill Nye the Science Guy -- The Planetary Society's Vice-president -- is participating in a Los Angeles Times "Dust-Up" with Michael Potter for the next two days. Their online point/counterpoint discussion began yesterday with... More»
Jul. 22, 2009 | 14:17 PDT | 21:17 UTC
Science enables exploration, exploration enables science
by Samuel Lawrence
One primary goal of the LRO mission is to acquire the amazing bounty of scientific data necessary to enable future human lunar exploration and utilization. But why should we even bother going back? Isn't returning humans to the... More»
Jul. 21, 2009 | 14:28 PDT | 21:28 UTC
Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mishap Report Released
by Charlene Anderson
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), a NASA satellite that was to have monitored the sources and sinks of carbon in Earth’s atmosphere, never reached orbit after its launch vehicle failed. NASA has released the... More»
Jul. 20, 2009 | 14:04 PDT | 21:04 UTC
This is a special day...
by Samuel Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration. He is a Science Team Associate on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera instrument and is heavily... More»
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