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  • Jul. 15, 2009 | 11:39 PDT | 18:39 UTC
    Planetary Society Opens Dialog with Augustine Committee
    by Susan Lendroth Yesterday, in an invited presentation, Planetary Society Executive Director, Louis Friedman, laid out the Roadmap for Human Space Exploration to the presidentially appointed Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee,... More»
  • Jul. 15, 2009 | 10:03 PDT | 17:03 UTC
    Moonfest and MoonPies on July 19
    by Susan Lendroth If you live in northern California, celebrate all things lunar at Moonfest, held July 19 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. "Moonfest 2009: From Apollo to LCROSS, and Beyond" is a free festival for the... More»
  • Jul. 13, 2009 | 13:31 PDT | 20:31 UTC
    Icy Satellites of the Saturnian System, University College London, 29-30 June 2009
    by Anne Verbiscer Fun with Saturn Images Credit: Geraint Jones, UCL Following the Cassini Project Science Group meeting in London last month, several icy satellite scientists met for two days to discuss their recent results and plan for... More»
  • Jul. 11, 2009 | 15:03 PDT | 22:03 UTC
    More Solar Eclipses Viewed from Moons
    by Anne Verbiscer Central to the Enigma of Enceladus are the fantastic plumes of water vapor and ice that emanate from the "tiger stripe" fractures, or sulci, at the moon's south pole. Interestingly, the plumes have yet to be seen by Cassini's... More»
  • Jul. 6, 2009 | 17:53 PDT | Jul. 7 00:53 UTC
    Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Tonight
    by Anne Verbiscer Anne Verbiscer is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. She studies the surfaces of icy bodies in the outer Solar System and has been involved with the Cassini mission to Saturn since 2007. Currently a... More»
  • Jul. 6, 2009 | 15:42 PDT | 22:42 UTC
    LAX's Planet Parade -- Part 1
    by Kelly Beatty My entire science-writing career has focused on our solar system, and understandably I find myself drawn to anything having to do with planets. From Armageddon and Deep Impact to Sun-and-Moon coffee mugs, I'm into it. So imagine my... More»
  • Jul. 3, 2009 | 16:51 PDT | 23:51 UTC
    LRO Sends First Images
    by Amir Alexander On June 30, one week after entering lunar orbit, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter turned on its LROC camera and began taking images of the Moon. The first ones were taken along the termination line, showing a hilly region a few... More»
  • Jul. 3, 2009 | 13:36 PDT | 20:36 UTC
    Down Under with Jim Bell
    by Susan Lendroth Planetary Society President Jim Bell will give a talk in Melbourne, Australia on July 10. Jointly sponsored with the Mars Society, the event will take place in the Fritz Loewe Theatre at the School of Earth Sciences, University of... More»
  • Jul. 2, 2009 | 00:42 PDT | 07:42 UTC
    The Enigma of Enceladus
    by Kelly Beatty A veteran space reporter and Senior Contributing Editor of Sky & Telescope, Kelly Beatty enjoys writing for a wide spectrum of audiences, from children to professional astronomers. He's also on the astronomy faculty at the Clay... More»
  • Jun. 30, 2009 | 14:00 PDT | 21:00 UTC
    Webcast of Ulysses last day of operations
    After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve "end of mission" on June 30, 2009. The final communication pass with a ground station will start at 17:35 CEST... More»