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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Oct. 4, 2007 | 14:45 PDT | 21:45 UTC
The Space Age turns 50
Around the world, there is conversation today about the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of Спутник, that is, Sputnik, Earth's first unnatural satellite. When Sputnik was tracked across American skies it... More»
Oct. 3, 2007 | 14:24 PDT | 21:24 UTC
Take action to support science and exploration at NASA!
A NASA funding bill is coming to a vote in the Senate. The Senate may consider an amendment by Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) to add $1 billion to NASA's budget, allowing for full support of missions of... More»
Oct. 3, 2007 | 09:32 PDT | 16:32 UTC
Kaguya update: More Earth images and video
On Monday I posted a still image of Earth taken by the HDTV camera aboard Kaguya. They have now posted the video that the still image of Earth came from. It isn't much, only a one-minute video representing eight minutes of real time, which is... More»
Oct. 2, 2007 | 15:49 PDT | 22:49 UTC
Congratulations to George Takei
George Takei is the third member of the Star Trek family to have an asteroid formally named after him by the International Astronomical Union. THe asteroid formerly known as 1994 GT9 has now been named 7307 Takei. According to an Associated Press... More»
Oct. 2, 2007 | 09:31 PDT | 16:31 UTC
Dawn Journal: Launch!
Here's the latest Dawn Journal entry, contributed by Marc Rayman. Marc is the Project System Engineer for the Dawn mission. Thanks Marc! --ESL
by Marc D. Rayman
Dear Dawnitsways,
The Dawn project welcomes you to deep space! Dawn is operating... More»
Oct. 2, 2007 | 09:09 PDT | 16:09 UTC
Dawn launch: Post-launch update
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he watched Dawn launch on September 27. Thanks Ken! --ESLby Ken Kremer
Yesterday afternoon I spoke by phone with Marc Rayman while he was working at... More»
Oct. 1, 2007 | 10:13 PDT | 17:13 UTC
Kaguya shoots Earth video
JAXA reports that Kaguya has successfully completed its various orbit adjustment maneuvers in preparation for Lunar Orbit Insertion on October 3 at 21:01 UTC. During the period in Earth orbit they seem to have been checking out their instruments,... More»
Oct. 1, 2007 | 08:45 PDT | 15:45 UTC
A few random news items from last week: SOHO spots a return visitor; Astronauts on asteroids; MESSENGER update; Dawn tests
I am trying to do a better job of keeping my inbox cleared out, so here's a potpourri of topics that I thought were too interesting to delete, but that I couldn't find the time to write full stories on.
SOHO, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,... More»
Sep. 28, 2007 | 15:45 PDT | 22:45 UTC
Who's got the biggest panels?
A reader wrote in to me to point out that Marc Rayman has been (frequently) quoted incorrectly as saying that Dawn had the largest solar panels of any planetary mission. Dawn's panels, at almost 20 meters tip-to-tip, are the largest that NASA has... More»
Sep. 27, 2007 | 16:15 PDT | 23:15 UTC
Dawn launch: Solar arrays deployed
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he watched Dawn launch on September 27. Kremer is a research scientist who spends his spare time giving public outreach presentations on behalf of The... More»
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