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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Feb. 6, 2012 | 16:24 PST | Feb. 7 00:24 UTC
Phobos-Grunt Failure Report Released
By Louis D. Friedman
Back when the U.S. suffered several Mars mission failures, we indulged in some dark humor at JPL, blaming the "great galactic ghoul" for gobbling up our spacecraft. For a while, after the failure of Phobos-Grunt, it appeared... More»
Feb. 6, 2012 | 13:38 PST | 21:38 UTC
Pretty picture: Enceladus, in lovely color
Here's an awesome picture to start off the week. The data came from Cassini's flyby of Enceladus on January 31, 2011; it was part of Cassini's January 2012 data release. Most of the visible globe is lit by yellowish light reflected first from... More»
Feb. 3, 2012 | 12:09 PST | 20:09 UTC
The Arecibo Trip
By Bill Nye
Audacious— that's how I describe the Arecibo radio telescope. For me, it was just hard to believe what I was seeing. I have just returned from my first Planetary Society-sponsored trip to Puerto Rico and this historic, remarkable, big... More»
Feb. 3, 2012 | 09:02 PST | 17:02 UTC
Guest Post: Patrick Donohue: Six days in the crater (day one)
Patrick Donohue is a fourth-year Ph.D. student working with Clive Neal at the University of Notre Dame, whose primary research focus is on the origin and evolution of high-titanium lunar basalts. He writes a geology blog and is active on Twitter... More»
Feb. 2, 2012 | 15:06 PST | 23:06 UTC
SpaceUp unconference in San Diego on Saturday
This weekend is SpaceUp unconference in San Diego, and I'll be attending on Saturday. I've never been to an unconference before, so I'm very curious to see how it all works! You can still register if you want to attend, but if you can't, some part... More»
Feb. 2, 2012 | 14:33 PST | 22:33 UTC
Yay for Juno! First major course correction complete
JPL issued a news note today with that most dreaded of press release titles: "Mission Status Report," which I dread because it's usually a euphemism for "something bad has happened to one of our spacecraft." But this time it contains nothing but... More»
Feb. 2, 2012 | 14:20 PST | 22:20 UTC
Watch the video from this week's Google+ Space Hangout
Fraser Cain has organized a weekly Space Hangout that happens at 1800 UTC on Thursdays, and kindly invited me to participate. This week's lineup included him and me as well as Pamela Gay, Nicole Gugliucci, Alan Boyle, and Ian O'Neill. In this... More»
Feb. 1, 2012 | 14:49 PST | 22:49 UTC
GRAIL MoonKAM's first (released) video of the Moon
I could watch this video a hundred times. It's basically a cell phone video shot by a spacecraft in orbit around the Moon. It's the first release from MoonKAM, tiny cameras included on both GRAIL spacecraft whose only purpose is public outreach. ... More»
Feb. 1, 2012 | 12:17 PST | 20:17 UTC
Post for Sandra Boynton: an apology for, and explanation of, my crescent-Moon pedantry
For my regular readers: this post does get around to space eventually. Bear with me.
A recent tweet by @AlYankovic tipped me to the fact that the children's book author, songwriter, and illustrator Sandra Boynton recently established a presence on... More»
Jan. 31, 2012 | 19:35 PST | Feb. 1 03:35 UTC
Bruce Betts' Free Online Intro To Astronomy Course
By Mat Kaplan
We're just a week away from the first lecture in this class that will introduce you to the wonders of astronomy. The Planetary Society's Director of Projects, Dr. Bruce Betts, is ready to return to the virtual classroom at California... More»
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