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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Dec. 24, 2008 | 10:16 PST | 18:16 UTC
A correction to the recent Nature story about Phoenix
I recently posted a link to a story by Eric Hand in Nature that contained, among other things, a revelation about the problem on TEGA that caused its doors to fail to open properly. Nature has now issued a correction that's relevant to the gist of... More»
Dec. 23, 2008 | 13:33 PST | 21:33 UTC
Relive -- or see for the first time -- Apollo 8's Christmas Eve broadcast
NASA announced this week that they are commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 Christmas Eve on NASA TV this December 24 and 25. Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968. It took three long days for astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell,... More»
Dec. 23, 2008 | 12:07 PST | 20:07 UTC
Wrapping up items from AGU
I realize it's been a week since I left the American Geophysical Union meeting but there was just so much to cover! Fortunately, even after I left, I received some updates from some friends who were able to attend more of the sessions, and sent me... More»
Dec. 23, 2008 | 11:46 PST | 19:46 UTC
An update on the pledge drive
I am delighted at the response to far to my handing around the collection plate: donations since Thursday have matched and surpassed the original $500 challenge, and we've now paid for the expenses of my attending AGU and Doug's attending... More»
Dec. 21, 2008 | 13:22 PST | 21:22 UTC
Carnival of Space #84
Hey everybody, have a tour through the Internet's space blogs on the 84th Carnival of Space.... More»
Dec. 20, 2008 | 11:26 PST | 19:26 UTC
Some early Christmas presents at the PDS
Once a quarter, most NASA missions have to submit a chunk of archived data from their instruments to the Planetary Data System, or PDS. Those data submissions aren't due to show up until January 1, but two missions have come through a couple of... More»
Dec. 19, 2008 | 13:08 PST | 21:08 UTC
AGU: Wrapping up my notes on Phoenix
I posted two days ago about two of the talks on the Phoenix Mars lander at the American Geophysical Union meeting; now I'm getting to the rest of my notes from that session.
The Phoenix presentations at AGU opened with Peter Smith giving a sort of... More»
Dec. 18, 2008 | 16:23 PST | Dec. 19 00:23 UTC
Jupiter and Ganymede from Hubble
I'm practically the last space blogger in the world to get to this (and it was only released this morning! How can I compete with that?), but I think it's worth giving my take on it anyway: a beautiful photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope... More»
Dec. 18, 2008 | 15:19 PST | 23:19 UTC
Did you know that you can do more than just read?
I'm proud of the work I do on this blog -- from covering conferences like the American Geophysical Union meeting, to reporting on the launches and landings of missions like Chandrayaan-1 and Phoenix, to digging up space history like I did in my... More»
Dec. 17, 2008 | 12:42 PST | 20:42 UTC
ANSMET Blogs: waiting around McMurdo; first 20 meterorites found
I've just reposted another week's worth of blogs from the 2008 Antarctic Search for Meteorites expedition, taking the trip up through December 17. It's been a week with two members of the team stuck out in the field waiting for a replacement... More»
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