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Aug. 2, 2011 | 09:22 PDT | 16:22 UTC
What I see in the first high-res Dawn images of Vesta
I had to wait until the kids were in bed and the husband fed last night before I finally had time to sit down and really look at the Dawn images of Vesta. And I still hardly knew where to begin. This brand new world is just so different than... More»
Aug. 2, 2011 | 05:10 PDT | 12:10 UTC
On speculation in today's Dawn press briefing
One thing that took me by surprise about today's Dawn press briefing was how the scientists were responding to scientific questions. When a spacecraft has visited a new body for the first time, the usual answer to any scientific question is "it's... More»
Aug. 1, 2011 | 21:58 PDT | Aug. 2 04:58 UTC
Fabulous Dawn Vesta images and rotation movie!!
Even as I write this there is a press briefing taking place where the Dawn team is unveiling a whole new world. Now that Dawn's close enough, we're seeing absolutely spectacular detail, and Vesta's been revealed to have tremendous diversity across... More»
Aug. 1, 2011 | 19:34 PDT | Aug. 2 02:34 UTC
Jupiter's southern belt is coming back
In a story that I've been following for quite a while, Jupiter's southern equatorial belt, having faded to white in 2009, is now well on its way back to its former red glory. As usual, I find Christopher Go's website to be great for checking in on... More»
Jul. 31, 2011 | 20:11 PDT | Aug. 1 03:11 UTC
Mountains rising for Opportunity
The views from Opportunity of Endeavour's near and distant rim peaks are getting ever more vertical as Opportunity approaches Cape York. Here is a terrific video summarizing the last four months of driving:Journey to EndeavourThe Mars Exploration... More»
Jul. 30, 2011 | 03:05 PDT | 10:05 UTC
What's up in the solar system in August 2011
August is supposed to be a lazy summer vacation month, but there's quite a lot going on in the solar system. Opportunity has left the Meridiani dunes behind and is now just a few hundred meters away from making "landfall" at Cape York, part of the... More»
Jul. 30, 2011 | 00:20 PDT | 07:20 UTC
Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 have completed thermal vacuum testing
If you're ever looking for information on the status of a Russian mission, the place to go is Anatoly Zak's russianspaceweb.com. Browsing there this morning I was very happy to see that the Russian Phobos sample return mission, Phobos-Grunt, has... More»
Jul. 29, 2011 | 10:30 PDT | 17:30 UTC
A different face of Vesta (oh, *there's* the craters!)
Here's the latest image release from Dawn at Vesta, taken from an altitude about twice as high as that of their first mapping orbit. This is the first view that they've shown us that hasn't contained the enormous central-peaked crater that... More»
Jul. 29, 2011 | 03:31 PDT | 10:31 UTC
Guest post: Jason Davis: What's Up in Human Spaceflight
It's been hardly a week since the space shuttle Atlantis touched down at Kennedy Space Center, retiring the prevailing symbol of human spaceflight. With only Russia's Soyuz capsules currently available to ferry crews to the International Space... More»
Jul. 27, 2011 | 20:03 PDT | Jul. 28 03:03 UTC
Juno's getting real! Launch NET August 5 15:34 UTC
EDIT: Gah, I forgot there was another prelaunch briefing today at 10:00 PDT / 17:00 UTC. I won't be watching live (gotta take a kid to a doctor) but you can watch live and chat here.
It's been fun to keep an eye on the Kennedy Media Gallery album... More»
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