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Sep. 10, 2011 | 05:02 PDT | 12:02 UTC
Here we go again: GRAIL set to launch today
GRAIL is trying for launch today at 8:29 PDT / 12:29 UT or 9:08 PDT / 6:08 UT., and here I am at 5:00 am my time ready to watch. As before, I'm watching the feed through Spaceflight Now's GRAIL mission status center. Another good place to watch... More»
Sep. 9, 2011 | 17:07 PDT | Sep. 10 00:07 UTC
Weekend watching: 3D Movie from Mars
Opportunity views Mars in 3D. So did Spirit, of course, and Phoenix, and Pathfinder, and so will Curiosity. But I'm not aware of half-hour 3D educational films made from any of their images (I would love to be wrong about that, so if I am, please... More»
Sep. 9, 2011 | 14:54 PDT | 21:54 UTC
Bill Nye Storms Congress
by Monica Lopez
Today, Bill Nye, Executive Director of the Planetary Society, stormed Washington, DC delivering more than 20,000 signed petitions supporting space exploration to Congress and the White House. The signatures came from Planetary... More»
Sep. 9, 2011 | 11:05 PDT | 18:05 UTC
New Horizons Day 2: Tectonic features on icy worlds
I began this blog entry eight days ago, in the car on the way downhill to Phoenix from Flagstaff, where I'd just spent two busy days at the New Horizons Workshop on Icy Surface Processes, but I haven't had time to return to it until today. The... More»
Sep. 8, 2011 | 20:57 PDT | Sep. 9 03:57 UTC
GRAIL update: Next launch attempt planned for Saturday
Just a brief update: SpaceflightNow reports no attempt will be made to launch GRAIL tomorrow. The next launch opportunity is Saturday. "Two one-second opportunities will be available, the first at 8:29:45 a.m. and the second at 9:08:52 a.m. [EDT].... More»
Sep. 8, 2011 | 11:01 PDT | 18:01 UTC
From the "Just Plain Cool" department: Time-lapse photo of GRAIL's Delta 2 tower rollback
The terrific launch photographer Ben Cooper is at the Cape waiting for GRAIL's Delta 2 rocket to take off, and last night he took this very cool photo:Click to enlarge >Rollback on the final Florida-launched Delta 2 bearing GRAILA Delta 2 rocket... More»
Sep. 8, 2011 | 06:13 PDT | 13:13 UTC
GRAIL launch scrubbed; try again tomorrow
GRAIL was all set to go for launch this morning but high upper-level winds forced a 24-hour delay. We'll try again tomorrow at 5:33 PDT / 12:33 UT or 6:12 PDT / 13:12 UT. Every day that the launch is delayed, the two launch windows move earlier in... More»
Sep. 8, 2011 | 05:51 PDT | 12:51 UTC
Guest post: Jason Davis: New Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photos show Apollo sites in sharpest detail yet
The Apollo program continues to amaze, 42 years after Neil Armstrong took humankind's first steps on the moon.
On Tuesday, September 6, NASA released new high-resolution photos of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites, from vantage points as close... More»
Sep. 7, 2011 | 12:06 PDT | 19:06 UTC
Blast from the past: Pioneer 10 and 11 pictures of Jupiter
Here's a few pretty pictures that were recently dusted off by Ted Stryk, who is really living up to his unmannedspaceflight.com nickname of "Planetary Dumpster Diver" with this work. Pioneer 10 and 11 passed by Jupiter on December 4, 1973, and... More»
Sep. 7, 2011 | 12:05 PDT | 19:05 UTC
Outside In
by Bill Nye
We all dream of having the ability to fly. Unlike most people in earlier generations, people living now have dreams of flying in space. Outside In plays your dreams right before your eyes. You'll soar past our nearby worlds and see for... More»
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