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Nov. 14, 2011 | 15:48 PST | 23:48 UTC
How to move a shuttle across Los Angeles
Ever since the space shuttle Endeavour was awarded to the California Science Center I've been curious about the question of how they will ever get a shuttle from Los Angeles International Airport across more than 10 miles of densely developed city... More»
Nov. 11, 2011 | 15:08 PST | 23:08 UTC
U.S. House of Representatives Hearing Next Week; Show Up to Show Your Support for Space Exploration
By Charlene Anderson
If want to demonstrate your support for planetary exploration – and you're planning to be in the Washington, D.C. area next Tuesday, November 15, 2011 – please consider adding your presence to the congressional hearing on... More»
Nov. 11, 2011 | 13:51 PST | 21:51 UTC
Phobos-Grunt summary, three days after launch
I can summarize the news about the last day's efforts to save Phobos-Grunt in three words: there is none. At least nothing official. The world's press is churning and churning on what might or might not have happened, and who is to blame, but the... More»
Nov. 11, 2011 | 11:34 PST | 19:34 UTC
Guest Post: Jason Davis: Checking in with NASA's Commercial Partners
It's been a while since we checked in on NASA's commercial crew partners. Will SpaceX send a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station before 2012? What's Boeing up to in the desert, near the Nevada-California border? And did anyone leave... More»
Nov. 10, 2011 | 13:09 PST | 21:09 UTC
365 Days of Astronomy Celebrates Sagan's Birthday
By Mat Kaplan
Yesterday would have been Carl Sagan's 77th birthday. The incomparable Nancy Atkinson of Universe Today and the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast pleasantly surprised us with a special present to mark the occasion. She reposted my... More»
Nov. 10, 2011 | 11:07 PST | 19:07 UTC
Phobos-Grunt status, two days after launch
When I last left Phobos-Grunt, Roscosmos had not yet commented on the results of a planned attempt to communicate with the wayward spacecraft at 19:00 UT on November 9. In fact, no official statements about Phobos-Grunt at all have appeared on the... More»
Nov. 9, 2011 | 17:52 PST | Nov. 10 01:52 UTC
Goldstone: Desert outpost performs radio imaging of close-passing asteroid 2005 YU55
Anticipating the close flyby of asteroid 2005 YU55 yesterday, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory invited media to tour Goldstone, one of three facilities that make up NASA's Deep Space Network. I've always wanted to see these massive radio dishes up... More»
Nov. 9, 2011 | 08:04 PST | 16:04 UTC
Phobos-Grunt, the morning after
21:12 UT: Corrected the sentences regarding the role of Ted Molczan in notifying the public about what Russian mission controllers knew about the state of the spacecraft.
19:09 UT: Appended some minor updates, including one report that ESA has... More»
Nov. 8, 2011 | 16:29 PST | Nov. 9 00:29 UTC
A serious problem on Phobos-Grunt
Updated 8:20 PST. Google translation of RIA Novosti story replaced by a bilingual human translation -- thanks very much to commenter Olga!!
Updated 7:02 PST. I have been told that the posts by russianhalo117 on nasaspaceflight.com -- the ones... More»
Nov. 8, 2011 | 14:45 PST | 22:45 UTC
Live feeds on asteroid 2005 YU55 as it passes Earth
Unless you've been living under a rock you've probably heard that there is a relatively large (400-meter) asteroid passing closer to Earth than the orbit of the Moon today -- in just a few minutes, as a matter of fact. It poses no danger to Earth... More»
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