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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Nov. 10, 2009 | 09:38 PST | 17:38 UTC
Rosetta is homing in on Earth
Heads up! ESA's Rosetta spacecraft is approaching for its last flyby of Earth, on Friday, November 13. It is now close enough that its OSIRIS high-resolution camera can resolve the Moon (and presumably Earth as well). Here's that photo of the... More»
Nov. 9, 2009 | 13:53 PST | 21:53 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: Are meteorites on Mars actually interesting?
This week's Planetary Radio features Ann Druyan on the legacy of Carl Sagan on the occasion of what would have been his 75th birthday, and on The Planetary Society's announcement today of the LightSail project. On "Questions and Answers" I answered... More»
Nov. 9, 2009 | 13:27 PST | 21:27 UTC
A million dollars says The Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly
The Planetary Society announced today that an anonymous donor has put upone million dollars to help us get a solar sail in flight. That money will kick-start our ambitious new LightSail program, a series of three increasingly large solar sails that... More»
Nov. 8, 2009 | 14:39 PST | 22:39 UTC
She moves! "First drive sequence in 145 sols" for Spirit
It's been an awful long time since we've seen one of these from Spirit:"Drive" animation from Spirit sol 2078Spirit returns thumbnail images from the navigation camera to Earth to document drives. This animation documents Spirit's first drive... More»
Nov. 6, 2009 | 14:14 PST | 22:14 UTC
Space Image Processing Classes are Go!
I got a huge response from readers interested in me conducting some online classes on space image data -- how to access and process it. Some of you are interested just in being armchair explorers, but I also received a surprising number of... More»
Nov. 5, 2009 | 19:32 PST | Nov. 6 03:32 UTC
Reviews of several space-themed books for young children
While I was on maternity leave I suddenly decided to see what books were out there that could help me teach my daughters (one's three years, and the other six months old) about the science and the thrill of space exploration. I bought a pile of... More»
Nov. 4, 2009 | 14:14 PST | 22:14 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: Saturn's Hexagon
Before I get to this week's Q and A, I should mention that the Carnival of Space can be found over at the Next Big Future.
This week's Planetary Radio features Lou Friedman on the Augustine Human Spaceflight report. On "Questions and Answers" I... More»
Nov. 4, 2009 | 14:02 PST | 22:02 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: Not-so-gassy giants
I've forgotten to post Planetary Radio Q and A for the past few weeks, so I'll post a couple today.
Planetary Radio for October 19 featured Bruce Murray on the persistence and importance of water ice on the Moon. On "Questions and Answers" I... More»
Nov. 3, 2009 | 13:46 PST | 21:46 UTC
Data from Kaguya's prime mission to the Moon has been released
Yesterday, the Japanese space agency announced the public release of the data from the primary mission of the Kaguya (a.k.a. SELENE) lunar orbiter. The release covers the period from December 21, 2007 to October 31, 2008, and includes data from all... More»
Nov. 3, 2009 | 10:21 PST | 18:21 UTC
Another marvelous image from Cassini's Nov 2 Enceladus flyby
This image goodie was produced from the raw images from Cassini's close encounter with Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus yesterday by Gordan Ugarkovic. At the time that this photo was taken, Cassini was in Saturn's shadow (that is, it was in eclipse);... More»
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