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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jun. 16, 2009 | 21:29 PDT | Jun. 17 04:29 UTC
Space Politics Alert: U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
by Charlene M. Anderson
The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, chaired by Norm Augustine, is holding its first public meeting on June 17, from 9 am to 5 pm, EDT – and you can watch it live over the Internet.
This is the group... More»
Jun. 16, 2009 | 09:12 PDT | 16:12 UTC
HiFlyers
by Timothy Reed
The HiRISE website is one of my regular stops when I need my fix of planetary images. And if you like to surround yourself with samples of the latest releases of images from Mars, the HiRISE Team has made available a series of... More»
Jun. 15, 2009 | 16:44 PDT | 23:44 UTC
LRO & LCROSS: 1 Day Launch Delay
by Ken Kremer
NASA managers decided today to delay by one day the June 17 dual launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) in order to accommodate a postponed launch attempt by... More»
Jun. 15, 2009 | 12:56 PDT | 19:56 UTC
Gravity's Bow
by Timothy Reed
Timothy Reed is an optical engineer living in Boulder, Colorado. He worked for 20 years developing spaceflight imaging systems and was a major contributor to HiRISE, JWST, NICMOS, QuickBird, Space Shuttle microgravity payloads, and... More»
Jun. 14, 2009 | 10:19 PDT | 17:19 UTC
LRO & LCROSS Up Close Tour: Poised on Atlas V Rocket at Launch Complex 41
by Ken Kremer
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) soon to launch companion spacecraft are the two pathfinding robotic missions specifically designed to reignite the US lunar exploration... More»
Jun. 12, 2009 | 10:39 PDT | 17:39 UTC
Planning for Pluto
John Spencer
My New Horizons boss Alan Stern blogged about the New Horizons Pluto encounter planning a couple of weeks ago. He gave the high-level view of why we are planning the encounter now, six years before we reach Pluto, and how we... More»
Jun. 11, 2009 | 14:44 PDT | 21:44 UTC
News from Mars and Capitol Hill
by Louis Friedman
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Louis Friedman, Executive Director
Some recent news – first the good: the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has resumed its fantastic photography mission over Mars. The spacecraft had shut itself down... More»
Jun. 9, 2009 | 20:03 PDT | Jun. 10 03:03 UTC
Mysteries, Small and Large
by John Spencer
Some evening last winter I was idly looking out the window from our bedroom when something caught my attention -- a distant steady, bright green, light penetrating a screen of trees. Every so often it turned red. A traffic light,... More»
Jun. 8, 2009 | 10:49 PDT | 17:49 UTC
Aloha, Io
by John Spencer
John Spencer is a staff scientist at Southwest Research Institute's Department of Space Studies in Boulder, Colorado and is a member of the New Horizons and Cassini science teams. His research interests include the moons of the... More»
Jun. 7, 2009 | 09:01 PDT | 16:01 UTC
Designing the Cassini Tour
by John Smith
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. [William A. Foster]
The Cassini spacecraft... More»
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