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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jan. 8, 2009 | 21:48 PST | Jan. 9 05:48 UTC
The Santorini panorama
A tip of the hat to Ryan over at Martian Chronicles for posting this lovely version of the Santorini panorama, which Opportunity captured just before Mars dipped too close to the Sun in late November of last year. If you click to enlarge you'll get... More»
Jan. 8, 2009 | 19:01 PST | Jan. 9 03:01 UTC
The Antarctic Deep Field Is Not for the Impatient
I've posted another week plus worth of updates on the 2008-2009 Antarctic Search for Meteorites expedition, in which the bloggers seem to be growing increasingly punchy as they spend more time in tents far from civilization without such amenities as... More»
Jan. 7, 2009 | 10:24 PST | 18:24 UTC
Spirit moved!
Hallelujah! For the first time in almost an Earth year, amateur mars mapper Eduardo Tesheiner is able to scratch a tiny little line on his map of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's peregrinations across Gusev Crater. Here's the updated map, the... More»
Jan. 7, 2009 | 09:43 PST | 17:43 UTC
More images and data from Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 has been in orbit at the Moon since November 8, and is steadily returning data from its science instruments. The "Images from Chandrayaan-1" page at the Indian Space Research Organisation has been updated a few times over the last... More»
Jan. 6, 2009 | 09:57 PST | 17:57 UTC
I am totally hooked on Scott Maxwell's new Mars Exploration Rover blog
Scott Maxwell is one of those many guys (and gals) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who rarely gets his name in the news but who is absolutely indispensable to the success of a space mission. I don't know what his official title is, but whatever it... More»
Jan. 5, 2009 | 09:59 PST | 17:59 UTC
Astronomy Cast is broadcasting press conferences from the AAS meeting
I just found out that the good people of Astronomy Cast are broadcasting the press briefings at this week's meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach via Ustream. Go here to watch the live press briefings; today's schedule is... More»
Jan. 5, 2009 | 09:10 PST | 17:10 UTC
Dawn Journal: Conjunction junction
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc! --ESL
by Dr. Marc D. Rayman
Dear Dawncember30ths,
Having fulfilled all of its assignments for 2008, the Dawn... More»
Jan. 2, 2009 | 20:15 PST | Jan. 3 04:15 UTC
Five Years of Spirit on Mars
On January 3, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed on Mars, and I was with the science team at JPL when it happened! I can't believe it's been five years since the successful landing. I chose the anniversary as the topic of my first... More»
Dec. 31, 2008 | 17:17 PST | Jan. 1 01:17 UTC
A Moon Among Stars
I just walked outside and looked up -- it's now dusk in Los Angeles -- and saw a crescent Moon above a brilliant Venus in a lavender sky. Utterly beautiful. I managed to find Jupiter in a part of the sky that was still yellow with sunset, but... More»
Dec. 31, 2008 | 17:08 PST | Jan. 1 01:08 UTC
The Year in Pictures: 2008
I have, at long last, posted my annual roundup of some of the most significant images from 2008. This year's selection process was interesting; I wound up with an unusual number of pictures that were actually pretty low resoluion -- not so suitable... More»
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