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Apr. 29, 2009 | 14:15 PDT | 21:15 UTC
Planetary Defense Conference: Apophis Mission Design Competition
by Bruce Betts
One highlight of the Planetary Defense Conference has been the chance to see all of The Planetary Society's Apophis Mission Design Competition winning teams. Not only are these teams here, they are also all continuing work on their... More»
Apr. 27, 2009 | 15:54 PDT | 22:54 UTC
More from the Planetary Defense Conference: Shoemaker Grant Winners
by Bruce Betts
Today, I had the honor of announcing the latest winners of The Planetary Society's Gene Shoemaker NEO grants here at the Planetary Defense Conference. This year's winners are Russel Durkee of Minnesota, USA; Robert Holmes of... More»
Apr. 27, 2009 | 15:27 PDT | 22:27 UTC
Updates from the IAA Planetary Defense Conference
by Bruce Betts
This week, I'm attending the IAA Planetary Defense Conference in Granada, Spain. The conference brings together many of the world's experts (150 to 200 people) in near Earth objects (NEOs). Over the course of the three and a half... More»
Apr. 26, 2009 | 18:27 PDT | Apr. 27 01:27 UTC
Goodbye for a while
Sanaya Rose Lakdawalla was born on April 23, 2009 at 03:01 Pacific time, weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces and measuring 19 and 3/4 inches long. (Baby measurements, like temperatures, are one of those few things where I just can't bring myself to think... More»
Apr. 24, 2009 | 22:41 PDT | Apr. 25 05:41 UTC
More from the Conference on NEO Law and Policy
by Louis D. Friedman
Later on Thursday at the Conference of NEO Law and Policy, Sergio Camacho -- Secretary-General of the Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, and former head of the UN... More»
Apr. 23, 2009 | 20:10 PDT | Apr. 24 03:10 UTC
Update from the Conference on NEO Law and Policy
by Louis D. Friedman
My career in planetary exploration has taken me to many remarkable locales -- alas, all on Earth, none in space. I've been to the Arctic, the Antarctic, Siberia, Alaska and many places in between. Nonetheless, I am surprised... More»
Apr. 21, 2009 | 16:24 PDT | 23:24 UTC
Tonight - Lyrids meteor shower and the moon occults venus
by Bruce Betts
Heads up! The Lyrids meteor shower peaks on April 21/22, depending on your time zone, and provides extra meteors for a couple days before and after. The Lyrids is usually an average meteor shower, with 10 to 20 meteors per hour. The... More»
Apr. 21, 2009 | 13:28 PDT | 20:28 UTC
Big Picture and other good links for today
This week, the Boston Globe's "Big Picture" feature is on Cassini images, and the selections are marvelous choices (though I'll note the guy who's selecting the images seems to be particularly fascinated by the weird shots where you see rings appear... More»
Apr. 21, 2009 | 09:26 PDT | 16:26 UTC
Spirit Update: Generally healthy, but "amnesiac?"
In an update to last week's status report from JPL on some spurious reboots that Spirit suffered over Easter weekend, the mission has actually referred to "amnesia events" on the rover. An "amnesia event," they explain, is when, for reasons... More»
Apr. 20, 2009 | 06:44 PDT | 13:44 UTC
A couple of space carnivals
Visit Alice's Astro Info for the 99th Carnival of Space, and Fraser's over at Universe Today for the 98th.... More»
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