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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Nov. 18, 2008 | 13:00 PST | 21:00 UTC
Name the rover!
In an essay contest very similar to the one that The Planetary Society and LEGO teamed up to run for the Mars Exploration Rovers, JPL has announced today that they are working with Disney to collect name suggestions for the Mars Science Laboratory... More»
Nov. 18, 2008 | 08:56 PST | 16:56 UTC
Kaguya now in its extended mission
Chandrayaan-1 arrived at the Moon at just about the time that Kaguya completed its primary mission and entered its extended mission. I've received some information from Shin-ichi Sobue at JAXA on the plans for Kaguya's extended mission, and they're... More»
Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:11 PST | 20:11 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 Terrain Mapping Camera images and movie from science orbit
Before you get too excited (as I did) about the word "movie" in the title of this blog entry, no, this is not a movie made from Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe images as it descended to its crash into the lunar surface near the Shackleton crater at... More»
Nov. 15, 2008 | 10:23 PST | 18:23 UTC
Pictures from the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe
Yesterday the Indian Space Research Organisation released two images taken by the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe (MIP) as it descended toward its impact on the lunar surface. Here they are -- they show a very rocky and dusty lunar surface near... More»
Nov. 14, 2008 | 13:30 PST | 21:30 UTC
Press conference on the Roadmap to Space
Lou sent me this report on how yesterday's press conference on the Roadmap to Space went. Thanks Lou! --Emilyby Louis Friedman
Yesterday we presented The Planetary Society's new Roadmap to Space to a crowded press conference in Washington DC. ... More»
Nov. 14, 2008 | 08:26 PST | 16:26 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 probe impact successful
Via The Hindu comes the news that Chandrayaan-1, having settled into its final 100-kilometer-altitude science orbit yesterday, successfully released and monitored the impact of its 35-kilogram Moon Impact Probe at 8:31 pm IST (15:01 UTC) today,... More»
Nov. 13, 2008 | 16:14 PST | Nov. 14 00:14 UTC
Spirit's still there
When Spirit reported ridiculously low power levels on Monday, mission managers scrambled to shut down everything but the most essential systems and told the rover to lay low through the worst of an early season dust storm, not trying to talk to... More»
Nov. 13, 2008 | 12:49 PST | 20:49 UTC
Actual images of planets around other stars
If you read any space blog other than mine you'll know already that today not one but three major observatories announced that they had successfully taken images of planets in orbit around other stars. One announcement came from Hubble, which has... More»
Nov. 13, 2008 | 10:19 PST | 18:19 UTC
Piecing together MSL
This is a neat animation posted to the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) website today. It documents the first time that the descent stage was stacked onto the rover, or as much as the rover as has been assembled, anyway. Good news! The two fit... More»
Nov. 13, 2008 | 09:33 PST | 17:33 UTC
A Roadmap to Space
Today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., a triumvirate of Society leaders including our new President, Jim Bell, our executive director, Lou Friedman, and board member Scott Hubbard, presented "Beyond the Moon: A New Roadmap for Human... More»
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