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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jun. 6, 2009 | 10:02 PDT | 17:02 UTC
Canto IV: A Cog in the Wheel, a New Star in the Sky
by David Seal
Lo duca e io per quel cammino ascoso
intrammo a ritornar nel chiaro mondo;
e sanza cura aver d'alcun riposo,
salimmo su, el primo e io secondo,
tanto ch'i' vidi de le cose belle
che porta 'l ciel, per un pertugio tondo.
E quindi... More»
Jun. 5, 2009 | 22:06 PDT | Jun. 6 05:06 UTC
LRO & LCROSS Up Close Tour: Part 2, Hunting for Lunar Water
by Ken Kremer
LRO and LCROSS are NASA's piggybacked lunar science probes set to blast-off on June 17 and represent NASA's first missions to Earth's moon in 13 years. The high priority LRO is the most sophisticated and complex lunar satellite since... More»
Jun. 5, 2009 | 17:05 PDT | Jun. 6 00:05 UTC
The Steven J. Ostro Memorial Symposium on Planetary Radar and Near-Earth Objects
by David Seal
Che non e impresa da pigliare a gabbo
discriver fondo a tutto l'universo,
ne da lingua che chiami mamma o babbo.
Ma quelle donne aiutino il mio verso...
si che dal fatto il dir non sia diverso.
To talk about the bottom of the... More»
Jun. 4, 2009 | 15:31 PDT | 22:31 UTC
Canto III: Hints of Equinox
by David Seal
Come fa l'onda la sovra Cariddi,
che si frange con quella in cui s'intoppa,
cosi convien che qui la gente riddi....
Cosi tornavan per lo cerchio tetro
da ogne mano a l'opposito punto...
poi si volgea ciascun, quand'era giunto,
per lo... More»
Jun. 4, 2009 | 14:45 PDT | 21:45 UTC
Kaguya impact information available to observers
By Amir Alexander
According to the latest information from the Japanese Space Agency JAXA, the lunar orbiter Kaguya will slam into the Moon at 6:26pm (GMT) on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at coordinates 63 South, 80 East. This will place it deep in... More»
Jun. 3, 2009 | 13:44 PDT | 20:44 UTC
Canto II: Titan's Atmosphere and the Solar Cycle
by David Seal
E come i gru van cantando lor lai,
faccendo in aere di se lunga riga,
cosi vid'io venir, traendo guai,
ombre portate da la detta briga;
per ch'i' dissi: "Maestro, chi son quelle
genti che l'aura nera si castiga?"
And just like... More»
Jun. 3, 2009 | 10:19 PDT | 17:19 UTC
Star Trek designer Mike Okuda will be honored by NASA
by Charlene Anderson
Graphic designer Mike Okuda is getting a NASA medal and he deserves it.
It's the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, described on the NASA web site as: "The highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a Government... More»
Jun. 2, 2009 | 13:15 PDT | 20:15 UTC
Early Data from Ibuki
by Amir Alexander
The Japanese Space Agency JAXA has released early data collected by the greenhouse gas monitoring satellite, Ibuki. Also known as GOSAT, Ibuki was launched on January 23 to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere around... More»
Jun. 2, 2009 | 10:58 PDT | 17:58 UTC
Connections
by David Seal
David Seal is Cassini's Mission Planner at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and has been involved with the Cassini mission to Saturn since 1992. Dave developed JPL's Solar System Simulator and has also worked on the Shuttle Radar... More»
May. 29, 2009 | 09:21 PDT | 16:21 UTC
Looking at Mars with the MRO CTX
by Ken Edgett
My time at work is largely divided into three parts: supporting the on-going Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission, helping to prepare for the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, Curiosity) rover mission, and contributing to a... More»
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