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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»
Jul. 20, 2009 | 10:48 PDT | 17:48 UTC
To the Moon, Alice?
by Jim Bell
Lots of people will be reminiscing this week about the events of July, 1969, when a daring trio of astronauts risked it all to capture the world's attention and make the dreams of a fallen President, and a rudderless nation, a reality.... More»
Jul. 17, 2009 | 13:10 PDT | 20:10 UTC
LROC images sites of the Apollo landings!
by Zibi Turtle
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Apollo 14 Landing Site
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) image of the Apollo 14 landing site, showing the lunar module (LM) and the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP), instruments which... More»
Jul. 17, 2009 | 11:34 PDT | 18:34 UTC
The rest of Enceladus
by Zibi Turtle
That Saturn's little moon Enceladus has active plumes venting material from its south pole is incredibly exciting. Perhaps even more intriguing, however, is that the activity is so localized and that Enceladus' surface exhibits such... More»
Jul. 16, 2009 | 15:36 PDT | 22:36 UTC
LAX's Planet Parade -- Part 2
by Kelly Beatty
You'll recall from a couple of weeks ago I have been hot on the trail of a most curious solar-system display at the Los Angeles International Airport. After some more digging, I can now relate the rest of the story.
It turns out... More»
Jul. 15, 2009 | 22:01 PDT | Jul. 16 05:01 UTC
Climb Aboard Apollo 11 Time Machine
by Susan Lendroth
Grab your bell bottoms and Tang, and travel back to 1969 when Apollo 11's journey to the Moon captivated the world, and Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's boot prints in the lunar dust transformed us into a multi-world... More»
Jul. 15, 2009 | 14:07 PDT | 21:07 UTC
Why Titan is so exciting
by Zibi Turtle
Zibi Turtle is a research scientist in the Planetary Exploration group at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab. She is an associate of Cassini's imaging team and member of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team. Her... More»
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