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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Feb. 10, 2009 | 14:51 PST | 22:51 UTC
Extensions for ESA's missions to Venus and Mars
ESA's Science Programme Committee has seen fit to extend the funding for both Mars Express and Venus Express until at least December 31, 2009; this is a seven-month extension to both missions. This is the third mission extension for Mars Express,... More»
Feb. 9, 2009 | 14:00 PST | 22:00 UTC
Catching up on some news: LPSC, MESSENGER at perihelion, Google Mars, Okina impact
Due to the now-completed home move I've been really out of it for more than a week; it's time to catch up. Without further ado, here's some neglected news...there's much more where this came from...
The program for the 40th Lunar and Planetary... More»
Feb. 9, 2009 | 11:35 PST | 19:35 UTC
New names for gaps in Saturn's rings
According to a bulletin today from the USGS, there are nine new formal names for many gaps in the Saturnian ring system: Bond, Dawes, Herschel, Russell, Jeffreys, Kuiper, Laplace, Bessel, and Barnard. Here's a table, again copied from the USGS,... More»
Feb. 7, 2009 | 16:09 PST | Feb. 8 00:09 UTC
There's more to the Hayabusa story
After posting my brief "Hooray for Hayabusa" note on Thursday I got an email from the Japanese blogger "5thstar," telling me that there was more to Hayabusa's story and pointing me to his translation to English of a lengthier Hayabusa update written... More»
Feb. 7, 2009 | 15:43 PST | 23:43 UTC
OpEd: Beyond the Moon
Planetary Society President Jim Bell, together with Doug Stetson, founder of the Space Science and Exploration Consulting Group, have contributed an OpEd to the February 3, 2009 issue of Space News on "Beyond the Moon."
And this week's Carnival of... More»
Feb. 5, 2009 | 10:16 PST | 18:16 UTC
Vernal dawn is coming to Titan's far north
Spring is coming to Titan's northern hemisphere (as it is to all the rest of Saturn's moons, along with Saturn itself). Consequently, the cameras are finally getting enough light to take photos of the lakes near the north pole; until now, they've... More»
Feb. 4, 2009 | 21:04 PST | Feb. 5 05:04 UTC
Spirit update: It keeps going
There have been a couple more releases from JPL in recent days updating the slightly worrisome announcement about Spirit that came out on January 28. On the following day, JPL reported thatDiagnostic activities performed by Spirit on Thursday, Jan.... More»
Feb. 4, 2009 | 17:18 PST | Feb. 5 01:18 UTC
Hooray for Hayabusa!
According to JAXA (the Japanese space agency), poor little Hayabusa has successfully restarted its ion engine and has resumed powered flight today. Hooray! This is good news for Hayabusa's eventual return to Earth.
The Japanese version of the... More»
Feb. 3, 2009 | 15:49 PST | 23:49 UTC
ANSMET Blogs: Return to civilization
There were just a few more entries on the ANSMET website chronicling the wrapup of their successful meteorite-hunting season in Antarctica, so I've bundled those into a last report. They claim they will "try" to do a wrapup from home closing out... More»
Feb. 2, 2009 | 14:54 PST | 22:54 UTC
A pretty new Hubble image of Mars
I just got an email from Ted Stryk letting me know that a set of Mars image data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope a year ago was just released to Hubble's data archive. Ted produced this approximate true color image of Mars, captured by Hubble's... More»
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