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Sep. 6, 2011 | 11:23 PDT | 18:23 UTC
How to watch the GRAIL launch on Thursday
The twin spacecraft of the GRAIL lunar gravity mission are set to launch side-by-side on a Delta II rocket on Thursday, September 8. The launch may happen on the 8th in either of two instantaneous launch windows at 5:37 or 6:16 Pacific (12:37 or... More»
Sep. 6, 2011 | 10:38 PDT | 17:38 UTC
Guest Post: Pablo Gutiérrez-Marqués: Express mail to Low Earth Orbit
Pablo Gutiérrez-Marqués has offered to provide an occasional European perspective on space news for the Planetary Society Blog. Pablo is the Dawn mission's Framing Camera Operations Manager, based at the Max Planck Institute for Solar... More»
Sep. 2, 2011 | 14:15 PDT | 21:15 UTC
Support the [Space] Arts!
by Donna Stevens
If you love space illustration and would like to lend your support to the production and distribution of new a book chronicling the history of this art form, here's your chance. The International Association of Space Artists... More»
Sep. 2, 2011 | 09:58 PDT | 16:58 UTC
Titan crater and programming note
The summer is winding to a close but it's not quite over for me -- by which I mean my children -- yet. They're at home with me for a few days until school picks up again on Wednesday next week. All the holidays and travel of the summer have left... More»
Sep. 2, 2011 | 09:39 PDT | 16:39 UTC
Dawn Journal: Spiraling down from Survey Orbit
And now, a Dawn Journal, on time! It's so fun to be able to illustrate these with great new images from Vesta. I can't wait to see the details that the closer orbit will bring us. --ESLClick to enlarge >Marc RaymanBy Marc Rayman
Dear... More»
Sep. 1, 2011 | 13:13 PDT | 20:13 UTC
Guest Post: Jason Davis: Progress comes to a halt
The first post-shuttle resupply mission in International Space Station (ISS) history got off to a false start on August 24th, as a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft bound for the ISS failed to achieve orbit, sending three tons of supplies crashing... More»
Aug. 31, 2011 | 15:28 PDT | 22:28 UTC
What's up in the solar system in September 2011
September is going to start with a bang: the twin GRAIL spacecraft are set for launch on September 8. I would love to be able to attend the launch but my older daughter's first day of kindergarten is September 7! That's a launch of a different... More»
Aug. 30, 2011 | 21:27 PDT | Aug. 31 04:27 UTC
New Horizons workshop, day 1: Chemistry & climate on Pluto & other cold places
Today and tomorrow I'm attending the New Horizons Workshop on Icy Surface Processes. New Horizons is on its way to Pluto, and still has about three years until it starts gathering science data there; but now is the time when the science team has to... More»
Aug. 30, 2011 | 09:53 PDT | 16:53 UTC
Pretty picture: Earth and Moon from JunoCam
It's always awe-inspiring to see our great world as just a tiny spot within vast space. The latest spacecraft to get such a view of Earth and the Moon is the Jupiter-bound Juno.Click to enlarge >Earth and Moon from JunoThis image of Earth (on the... More»
Aug. 30, 2011 | 01:25 PDT | 08:25 UTC
Everybody says we need a NEO survey telescope
It's rare to hear scientists and human exploration people agreeing on anything, but that's what I've been hearing this week, from two different sources. The point of agreement: the next thing needed by both the small bodies science community and... More»
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