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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Aug. 7, 2008 | 16:25 PDT | 23:25 UTC
Phoenix sol 72: Delivery to TEGA oven 5
I've been pursuing some writing and planning projects today so didn't have time to post much. However I wanted to note that the Phoenix team appears to have attempted today the difficult operation of squeezing a sample into the barely-open doors of... More»
Aug. 6, 2008 | 22:53 PDT | Aug. 7 05:53 UTC
Phoenix perchlorate kerfuffle
A. J. S. Rayl has an excellent article, with just the right balance of humor and fact, on the Phoenix perchlorate business here. I was waiting for her to post before I added any commentary about it. I'll just add a few other random facts that I... More»
Aug. 6, 2008 | 18:58 PDT | Aug. 7 01:58 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 launch delayed to October
Just a brief launch date update: According to the Times of India, the Indian lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 will now not launch before the second week of October. The previously stated launch date was mid-September, so this is a one-month delay.... More»
Aug. 6, 2008 | 14:42 PDT | 21:42 UTC
Rosetta and Glaciers
Just pointing you to two new items on the website: I just posted a preview of the impending Rosetta flyby of the asteroid Steins, about 30 days away, including an encounter timeline. And there's a new installment -- the penultimate one, I'm sorry... More»
Aug. 6, 2008 | 09:51 PDT | 16:51 UTC
Ustream chat archived
A recording of today's Ustream chat is now available; you can also download the presentation (powerpoint format, about 2.7 MB) and the chat log. Unfortunately, I got tripped up on the MECA and TEGA acronyms in a couple of places on the presentation... More»
Aug. 5, 2008 | 14:13 PDT | 21:13 UTC
Dawn Journal: We crave power!!
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc!
Speaking of Dawn, don't forget to check out Friday's "webinar" featuring Lucy McFadden (an investigator on both the... More»
Aug. 5, 2008 | 13:36 PDT | 20:36 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of August 4
Phoenix: A. J. S. Rayl has an in-depth story up on Thursday's press conference and is preparing an update based on this morning's phone briefing. I'll try to put up a post later today or tomorrow with some other high points from the briefing. But... More»
Aug. 4, 2008 | 14:13 PDT | 21:13 UTC
The Phoenix flap
I love the Internet. Sitting here at home, I am hooked in to a worldwide network consisting of scientists and engineers working on active missions; of news and data, both raw and processed, coming out of those missions; of reporters, doing research... More»
Aug. 4, 2008 | 13:30 PDT | 20:30 UTC
Ustream Chat Wednesday, August 6 at 1900 UTC: Phoenix hoopla
I plan to do a Ustream chat on Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. There's going to be a lot to talk about on Phoenix; I will do a short presentation on what Phoenix' instruments are capable of detecting, then will discuss this weekend's speculation fest about... More»
Aug. 3, 2008 | 15:10 PDT | 22:10 UTC
Apparently there's something more exciting yet to be announced by Phoenix
EDIT AGAIN: The Science rumor wasn't correct either. Go here for more info.
EDIT: Here's a reason for the hush-hush about this news -- according to Leonard David, they're trying to keep whatever it is quiet so that it can go through peer-review... More»
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