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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jan. 14, 2009 | 13:53 PST | 21:53 UTC
2008 - the Year in Pictures - Now a wall calendar!
As he's done for the last several years, Planetary Society member Eric Hartwell has designed an absolutely gorgeous 2009 wall calendar using some of the selections from my 2008 Year in Pictures feature, which is now available from Cafe Press. It's... More»
Jan. 14, 2009 | 12:26 PST | 20:26 UTC
Stardust flies by Earth today
In less than two hours, Stardust will approach to within 10,000 kilometers of Earth, getting a gravity assist that will target it for a February 14, 2011 encounter with comet Tempel 1, once the target of the Deep Impact mission. This page from the... More»
Jan. 12, 2009 | 10:52 PST | 18:52 UTC
Where are they now?
Over the holidays I had the great pleasure of re-establishing contact with many of the students that I worked with as part of The Planetary Society's Red Rover Goes to Mars project. This project was originally conceived as part of the Mars Surveyor... More»
Jan. 12, 2009 | 10:14 PST | 18:14 UTC
On the pronunciation of "Uranus"
I'm writing my script for my next 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, which will be in honor of the 23rd anniversary of the Voyager 2 Uranus encounter, and since this will be an audio podcast I have to confront the problem of how to pronounce the name of... More»
Jan. 9, 2009 | 16:14 PST | Jan. 10 00:14 UTC
One last plea for donations
I haven't posted about my fund drive in a bit because I figured people would be preoccupied with December holidays. Donations have matched the $600 challenge issued by the unmannedspaceflight.com moderators, for which I thank you all very much. In... More»
Jan. 9, 2009 | 16:02 PST | Jan. 10 00:02 UTC
The wind blows rocks on Mars?
There's a press release that's making the rounds today that neatly explains the regular spacing of rocks on the plains on Mars. Everywhere we've landed spacecraft on Mars, they arrive on relatively flat surfaces that are covered with rocks. This... More»
Jan. 8, 2009 | 21:48 PST | Jan. 9 05:48 UTC
The Santorini panorama
A tip of the hat to Ryan over at Martian Chronicles for posting this lovely version of the Santorini panorama, which Opportunity captured just before Mars dipped too close to the Sun in late November of last year. If you click to enlarge you'll get... More»
Jan. 8, 2009 | 19:01 PST | Jan. 9 03:01 UTC
The Antarctic Deep Field Is Not for the Impatient
I've posted another week plus worth of updates on the 2008-2009 Antarctic Search for Meteorites expedition, in which the bloggers seem to be growing increasingly punchy as they spend more time in tents far from civilization without such amenities as... More»
Jan. 7, 2009 | 10:24 PST | 18:24 UTC
Spirit moved!
Hallelujah! For the first time in almost an Earth year, amateur mars mapper Eduardo Tesheiner is able to scratch a tiny little line on his map of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's peregrinations across Gusev Crater. Here's the updated map, the... More»
Jan. 7, 2009 | 09:43 PST | 17:43 UTC
More images and data from Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 has been in orbit at the Moon since November 8, and is steadily returning data from its science instruments. The "Images from Chandrayaan-1" page at the Indian Space Research Organisation has been updated a few times over the last... More»
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