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Apr. 9, 2009 | 13:18 PDT | 20:18 UTC
Update on the Mars dust event
It's been a week since I posted a storm warning from Mars, and I have an update with the latest data. In brief: the southern dust event is not abating, but the dust has not spilled across the equator; everything's staying in the south for now.
To... More»
Apr. 8, 2009 | 09:54 PDT | 16:54 UTC
Kepler's removed the lens cap
Since launch, Kepler's enormous photometer instrument, backed by a 42-Megapixel CCD (the largest such device ever sent to space by NASA), has been protected behind a truly gargantuan lens cap. The mission announced late yesterday that the lens cap... More»
Apr. 7, 2009 | 08:55 PDT | 15:55 UTC
LPSC: Friday afternoon on Martian basins and planning for future lunar missions
This is Ted Stryk's last contribution from his trip to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, two weeks ago now. Apologies to him for posting so late, and many thanks for all the notes. --ESL
by Ted Stryk
Herb Frey reported on an effort to... More»
Apr. 6, 2009 | 15:43 PDT | 22:43 UTC
Spirit's got a clear path to Von Braun
...or at least Spirit has a clear sight line to Von Braun, and the latest views from the Pancam are pretty awesome. Sadly there's no color data for this view. Von Braun is the pointy bit to the left side of this three-image mosaic. Goddard is the... More»
Apr. 6, 2009 | 09:45 PDT | 16:45 UTC
Dawn Journal: Safe without Safe Mode
Here's the latest on the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc, and sorry for the lateness of the post! --ESL
by Dr. Marc D. Rayman
Dear Dawntpanics,
Dawn continues to coast quietly and... More»
Apr. 6, 2009 | 09:42 PDT | 16:42 UTC
Sorry for the quiet last week -- time to catch up
Apologies to all of you for the lack of posts here last week -- my doctor has confined me to bed rest (don't worry, there's no problem other than that the baby seems to want to arrive a bit too early) and I didn't find it easy to type from a... More»
Apr. 2, 2009 | 10:43 PDT | 17:43 UTC
Space Carnival & new Chandrayaan-1 Earth photo
This week's (actually last week's now, I'm a bit late) Carnival of Space is up at astroengine. Check it out for your weekly digest of online space news.
And here's another little tidbit, a new photo of Earth from Chandrayaan-1, centered (where... More»
Apr. 1, 2009 | 10:41 PDT | 17:41 UTC
Planetary Society Members "Dream Big Dreams"
by Susan Lendroth
A couple of weeks ago Jeffrey Zaslow, a columnist with the Wall Street Journal, contacted us about the survey completed by many of our members, including Jeff's father. Jeff wanted to hear about how Planetary Society members are... More»
Mar. 31, 2009 | 10:53 PDT | 17:53 UTC
Mars Action Weather Report: A dust event is brewing in the south
I got an email late yesterday from David Kass, one of the members of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Climate Sounder team, forwarding a report he had just issued to the rest of the orbiter's science and operations teams. In brief: over the... More»
Mar. 27, 2009 | 15:06 PDT | 22:06 UTC
LPSC: Friday morning session on future missions
Thanks to Ted Stryk for contributing the following notes on Friday morning's session on upcoming and future missions at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. --ESL
by Ted Stryk
Michael Meyer spoke about MSL, saying it has greater potential... More»
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