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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jun. 4, 2008 | 15:27 PDT | 22:27 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 9 activities: Ready to get samples; but Odyssey is in safe mode
BREAKING NEWS: Mars Odyssey has gone into safe mode, which does happen from time to time so is not, in itself, alarming; however, because of the ongoing problems with Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's radio, Phoenix has been reliant only on Odyssey for... More»
Jun. 3, 2008 | 17:02 PDT | Jun. 4 00:02 UTC
Ustream chat Wed Jan 4 at 19:00 UT following Phoenix briefing on NASA TV MEDIA CHANNEL
Is there a recorded version of this one? Sadly, no: I forgot to hit the "record" button before I started broadcasting, so this one is lost and gone forever. I apologize to anyone who wanted to watch this one after it happened. I'll try better to... More»
Jun. 3, 2008 | 16:49 PDT | 23:49 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 8 activities: An extra day to learn how to use the arm
I've generally been posting twice a day on Phoenix: one post about the morning press briefing, which is based on the night's work done by the science team and which includes information about the commands that have been sent up to Phoenix for its... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 22:55 PDT | Jun. 3 05:55 UTC
Press conferences from American Astronomical Society meeting
Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy says he'll be streaming the press conferences from the American Astronomical Society meeting tomorrow (Tuesday). The first one is at 09:40 CDT (14:40 UTC). If you can tune in, it'd be an interesting exercise to... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 16:30 PDT | 23:30 UTC
Update on the search for Mars Polar Lander
I have received a bunch of emails over the last two weeks from people wanting to participate in the search for Mars Polar Lander in HiRISE images, which I am only now responding to. I'm sorry for the delay in my response! Phoenix has kept me just... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 15:48 PDT | 22:48 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 7 activities: Dig and Dump
I've gotten myself a little twisted around with the naming of these updates, so I'm instituting a new scheme: the title of the entry will refer to the latest sol for which I have data to talk about. It's currently sol 8 at Phoenix' landing site, in... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 14:00 PDT | 21:00 UTC
My presentations to the American Astronomical Society sessions on New Media
ANNOUNCEMENT: I will be doing a Ustream chat at 12:00 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC on Wednesday, immediately following the Phoenix press briefing. I'll plan to spend about half an hour on Phoenix and then, if people want to, throw it open to wider topics... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 11:21 PDT | 18:21 UTC
Watch American Astronomical Society events on Ustream
Several other space bloggers including Star Stryder Pamela Gay, Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, and Universe Today's Fraser Cain are in St. Louis, covering the American Astronomical Society meeting. They've been streaming press conferences on Ustream,... More»
Jun. 1, 2008 | 22:09 PDT | Jun. 2 05:09 UTC
Phoenix digs into the dirt
Tonight's downlink from Phoenix proves that the lander has dug up a scoop of dirt from the surface of Mars for the first time. Here's a crossed-eye stereo view, similar to the one I posted earlier today of Yeti -- you can see many of the same... More»
Jun. 1, 2008 | 21:48 PDT | Jun. 2 04:48 UTC
Hayabusa update
JAXA has posted a note on their website on the status of Hayabusa, which apparently reached aphelion in late May. Hayabusa is Japan's amazing ion-powered mission to asteroid Itokawa, which touched down on Itokawa to grab a sample in mid-November... More»
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