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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Mar. 12, 2009 | 13:30 PDT | 20:30 UTC
New Horizons spots Triton
Today the New Horizons team released photos captured by their high-resolution camera of the Neptune system, in which both Neptune and Triton were visible. Before you get too excited about the first observations of Triton since Voyager 2 flew by two... More»
Mar. 12, 2009 | 09:19 PDT | 16:19 UTC
"Status reports" on Mars Odyssey and the Cassini Saturn orbiter
JPL has issued "status reports" (again, that ominous headline) for two spacecraft, and the news is (generally) positive, though the reports do serve as a reminder that these reliable spacecraft aren't getting any younger.
First, an update on Mars... More»
Mar. 10, 2009 | 09:32 PDT | 16:32 UTC
A first map of Io, revisited
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Voyager 1 flyby of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, Jason Perry has been writing a retrospective series of blog entries. But he's not just writing about history; he dug in to the Voyager 1 image archive and... More»
Mar. 10, 2009 | 09:28 PDT | 16:28 UTC
Quick Kepler update
After the drama of launch, news from Kepler quickly died down, but its Twitter feed has kept up with updates, and everything sounds good. Yesterday morning the news was that Kepler had just surpassed the Moon's distance from Earth; this morning,... More»
Mar. 9, 2009 | 14:47 PDT | 21:47 UTC
Dawn Journal: Safely past Mars
Here's post-Mars-flyby update on the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. It explains why there aren't more Mars images from the encounter -- a teeny software bug caused Dawn to enter safe mode shortly... More»
Mar. 9, 2009 | 13:05 PDT | 20:05 UTC
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter eye candy: HiRISE images Deimos
Mars' outer moon Deimos is an underappreciated sibling to the larger, closer, and much-better-mapped Phobos, so I was delighted to see today that the sharp-eyed HiRISE camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently captured two lovely color images... More»
Mar. 6, 2009 | 18:30 PST | Mar. 7 02:30 UTC
Kepler launch is coming soon, and I'm Twittering
I'm watching the NASA TV feed of the Kepler launch on my computer rather than my television because there's a more important claim on my television at this precise moment (namely, that my daughter cannot get through dinner without her Wow Wow... More»
Mar. 6, 2009 | 14:17 PST | 22:17 UTC
Carnival of Space #93: From our own planet, to exoplanets
Welcome to the 93rd Carnival of Space! Today's a day worth celebrating at a carnival. NASA's Kepler spacecraft is scheduled to launch tonight on its mission to discover Earth-sized worlds orbiting other stars, adding to the list of hundreds of... More»
Mar. 5, 2009 | 12:15 PST | 20:15 UTC
What are the rovers up to?
A. J. S. Rayl has recently posted the latest monthly rover update, in which she documents the driving activity of Spirit and Opportunity. As usual, troubled Spirit's progress sometimes amounts to only centimeters, while golden child Opportunity has... More»
Mar. 5, 2009 | 11:19 PST | 19:19 UTC
"On Point" tomorrow at 8 am Pacific (1600 UTC)
I've just been asked to appear on National Public Radio's "On Point" with Tom Ashbrook tomorrow morning -- they're doing a show on Kepler's impending launch and asked me to fill them in on everything going on in space that's not Kepler. It'll be... More»
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