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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
May. 14, 2008 | 14:55 PDT | 21:55 UTC
Ustream live video chat went pretty well
Well, it was an experiment, and I think it worked pretty well. I seemed to have a peak of about 88 participants, which is quite a satisfying number. If you weren't able to watch the video live, it's archived on my Ustream show page; just look... More»
May. 13, 2008 | 16:54 PDT | 23:54 UTC
Landing ellipses
This morning there was a press conference on the upcoming landing of Phoenix, so you will probably be seeing many articles on Phoenix in the mainstream news media. Sadly, I failed to notice how early the press conference was (8 am my time) so I... More»
May. 13, 2008 | 11:29 PDT | 18:29 UTC
Live video chat Wednesday, May 14, at 3pm Pacific (22:00 UTC)
I am hereby shamelessly copying the Bad Astronomer and will hold a live video chat tomorrow, Wednesday, at 3 pm my time (22:00 UTC); click here if you'd like help converting to your local time. The chat will be via Ustream.tv -- you'll see my... More»
May. 12, 2008 | 16:02 PDT | 23:02 UTC
Some beautiful video from the Spirit and Opportunity landing sites
A majority of the people who work in planetary geology are usually associated with one or maybe two missions, doing all their research on the results from one instrument on one mission. But there are a few people whose expertise cuts across many... More»
May. 12, 2008 | 14:01 PDT | 21:01 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of May 12
It's time to check in on what's going on with our trusty robots around the solar system.
At Saturn, Cassini just completed its 44th targeted flyby of Titan, which (for historical reasons) is called "T43." This flyby included RADAR imaging of the... More»
May. 10, 2008 | 14:05 PDT | 21:05 UTC
Kaguya full Earth-rise and Earth-set videos
I was surprised and pleased by the number of people who wrote to me to help me out with the Kaguya videos. As many people explained to me, an .ASX file is just a shortcut (written in XML) to the actual files in Windows Media .WMV format. So all I... More»
May. 9, 2008 | 12:55 PDT | 19:55 UTC
Anybody know how to grab an .asx stream to disk?
EDIT: I've got my answer; see the next post for links to the videos, and thanks to all who replied!The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) has just created in English a website they've had in Japanese for a month or so, streaming some... More»
May. 8, 2008 | 15:48 PDT | 22:48 UTC
White Rock through the Ages: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2006-present)
I apologize for the long hiatus in this White Rock series, but I hope this entry will be worth the wait. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the latest and greatest of Earth's orbital emissaries to Mars. It's much bigger than either Mars Global... More»
May. 8, 2008 | 15:47 PDT | 22:47 UTC
Carnival of space #53
The latest Carnival of Space is up over at Space Cynics. Check it out!... More»
May. 7, 2008 | 16:25 PDT | 23:25 UTC
What's left to do in assembling the Space Station
What's left to do in assembling the Space Station
Yesterday Nancy Atkinson over at Universe Today wrote a very helpful post describing the final eleven Space Shuttle launches, ten of which are to complete the assembly of the International Space... More»
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