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  • 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»