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Oct. 6, 2008 | 14:49 PDT | 21:49 UTC
A three-meter-diameter piece of the sky is falling
Many, many congratulations are due to Richard Kowalski and the rest of the team at Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, who, last night, made the first discovery of an object that proved to be on a collision course with Earth. The fact that I'm... More»
Oct. 6, 2008 | 10:10 PDT | 17:10 UTC
MESSENGER flyby: Radio signals indicate all went well
The MESSENGER mission issued a press advisory this morning stating that, following its closest approach to Mercury at 08:40 UTC today, "Initial indications from the radio signals indicate that the spacecraft continues to operate nominally." There... More»
Oct. 5, 2008 | 11:29 PDT | 18:29 UTC
MESSENGER gets closer to Mercury
Here's the fifth of those optical navigation shots that MESSENGER's taking as it approaches Mercury (click to enlarge to see the details):Click to enlarge >MESSENGER approaches MercuryThis is the fifth of MESSENGER's optical navigation images of... More»
Oct. 3, 2008 | 14:01 PDT | 21:01 UTC
MESSENGER has Mercury in sight; more on MESSENGER's solar sailing
Here's the first photo of Mercury that MESSENGER took on approach to its second flyby, an event that'll unfold on Monday:Click to enlarge >MESSENGER approaches Mercury This is MESSENGER's first optical navigation photo from its second flyby of... More»
Oct. 3, 2008 | 10:05 PDT | 17:05 UTC
"IT'S ALIVE!"
That's the subject line of an email that Lou Friedman forwarded to me last week. He'd received it from Robert Farquhar, who has a long and distinguished career as flight director for numerous space missions. The "IT" in his email was ISEE-3/ICE. ... More»
Oct. 2, 2008 | 15:23 PDT | 22:23 UTC
Carnival of Space #73
An acrostic Carnival of Space is posted for your pleasure at Alice's Astro Info.
And while I'm linking to things, check out all this new stuff on The Planetary Society's website.
Planetary Radio this week features Doug Ellison talking about... More»
Oct. 2, 2008 | 10:41 PDT | 17:41 UTC
Long drives at last for Opportunity (or, getting your kicks on sol 1,666)
It's been way, way, way too long since the view from either rover's cameras has changed very much. So I hope you'll join me in a shout of "woo hoo!" or perhaps "yippee!" as I show you the latest view from Opportunity, from sol 1,666, as... More»
Oct. 1, 2008 | 13:54 PDT | 20:54 UTC
Science Timeline for Monday's MESSENGER flyby of Mercury
UPDATE: There's now a dynamic countdown timeline for this encounter on Daniel Muller's website.There was a press briefing this morning on the upcoming flyby of Mercury by MESSENGER. Closest approach happens Monday, October 6, at 08:40 UTC. It's... More»
Sep. 30, 2008 | 10:49 PDT | 17:49 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Europlanet Wrap-up
All last week, Doug Ellison filed reports from the third European Planetary Science Congress, also known as Europlanet, taking place in Münster, Germany. Doug is the dictator-for-life of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com.
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Sep. 30, 2008 | 10:46 PDT | 17:46 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Kaguya update
All last week, Doug Ellison filed reports from the third European Planetary Science Congress, also known as Europlanet, taking place in Münster, Germany. Doug is the dictator-for-life of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com. Thanks, Doug!... More»
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